Airbus Group

The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has carved a place for itself internationally as an alternative to Boeing thanks to the success of the A330, the A350 and the A380. The company is a merger of French, German and Spanish aircraft makers. As well as its civil activity it has military projects such as Eurofighter Typhoon, in partnership with BAE Systems, the A400M transport aircraft and also combat and transport helicopters. The company also has space programmes.

FRANCE 28/02/2018

Argenson speeds up ODAS' transformation

Daniel Argenson, the new president of ODAS, the French military exports agency dedicated to Saudi Arabia, has begun ringing the [...]

FRANCEKUWAIT 28/02/2018

Farid Abdelnour, Airbus' interface in Kuwait

Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, visited Kuwait City on February 12-13, a few days after Kuwait's Public Anti-Corruption [...]

FRANCE 28/02/2018

Storm clouds gather over French ISR

New French intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are a key component of the next military appropriations bill. But building them is proving to be fraught with problems. [...]

Spotlight CHINA 17/01/2018

Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

China intends to profit from the shake-up in the satellite imagery sector in Western countries to get its hands on American know-how and develop its own capacities. [...]

FRANCE 27/12/2017

Faury to be France's man at Airbus Group

In taking over shortly as chief operating officer of Airbus Group, Guillaume Faury, will assume a role he has unofficially [...]

FRANCE 27/12/2017

Paris supports Naval Group & Airbus to crack Latin America market Free

France rolled out its goods at the Expodefensa arms fair (organized by the French trade association GICAT) in Bogota in [...]

EUROPE 27/12/2017

Enders can still count on Montrose Associates

Under extreme pressure, Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders finds himself [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017

SAMI emerges as big winner from Mohammed bin Salman's purge

Far from the political upheavals of the multiple arrests on November 4, behind the scenes, new deal-making channels are being put in place at Saudi Arabia's new defence hub. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 18/10/2017

Airbus: Enders plays ball with investigators, Elysee Palace frets

Airbus Group has so far refused to invoke the French "blocking statute", which prohibits the disclosure of information to foreign public authorities. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 18/10/2017

Airbus' helicopter sales channels in Astana under scrutiny

The Kazakh-gate legal investigation underway in Paris has lifted the lid on the consultants Airbus used to get in with the government in Astana in 2009. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 04/10/2017

Former airbus man joins Thales

Pascal Lesaulnier, who was a long-standing sales agent for Airbus [...]

FRANCERUSSIA 04/10/2017

Bokarev leads Alstom in Central Asia

Andrei Bokarev, the powerful Russian magnate who heads the rail company Transmashholding and is close to the Kremlin, is extending his influence into Central Asia, much to the benefit of his French partner Alstom. [...]

FRANCEUNITED KINGDOM 20/09/2017

PNF, SFO join forces on Oberthur probe

According to our sources, France's Parquet National Financier (PNF) and its British equivalent, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), are working [...]

FRANCE 20/09/2017

Ichikowitz gets hands on last Mirage F1

The last four Mirage F1 left French soil at the beginning of September after their acquisition in June by the [...]

AFRICAUNITED ARAB EMIRATESFRANCE 06/09/2017

Couriol's offshore finance high-wire act for CAC 40 companies

Airbus in Mali, LVMH in Panama, Creduit Suisse on Russia: Olivier Couriol has been involved in some of the most audacious investment deals by major European companies. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 23/08/2017

SFO, PNF Airbus probes: Former French PM comes to the rescue

Law firms and consulting firms have plenty to keep them occupied with the many anti-corruption investigations into the European aeronautical and defence group's business dealings. [...]

BELGIUMFRANCEKAZAKHSTAN 23/08/2017

Ablyazov's secret lobbying against Chodiev

According to our sources, Mukhtar Ablyazov, the dissident Kazakh oligarch, has been in contact with the Belgian parliamentary commission that [...]

Special report FRANCE 28/07/2017

Tom Enders drags Airbus Group into anti-corruption maelstrom

The top management of the Airbus Group is in a state of extreme schizophrenia. Chief executive Tom Enders, who has been engaged in a complete and sometimes brutal reorganization of [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE 05/07/2017

French seek new negotiation channels for Saudi deals

Paris is looking to get back in with the Saudis after the flurry of deals that Riyadh has struck with the US in a blossoming relationship underscored by Donald Trump's visit last month. [...]

UNITED STATESEUROPE 05/07/2017

Sale of DigitalGlobe may cool GEOINT speculation

Canada's MDA is struggling to finalise its acquisition of DigitalGlobe while funds have also dried up for new companies in the GEOINT sector, suggesting a slowdown in what used to be a feverish marketplace. [...]