Aramco

France, Saudi Arabia
Naval Group bets all on Saudi frigates after Norway and Canada setbacks

The French shipyard, which recently attended a confidential meeting at the army general staff in Paris, is hoping to convince the French government to throw all its support behind its bid to win a mega-contract in Riyadh.

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
Saudi's naval champion Sofon hiring in Europe

Aramco subsidiary Sofon is expected to build the kingdom's future naval military-civilian complex, a project revealed in early 2024 by Intelligence Online, but which is still being kept under wraps by the authorities. The entity is increasingly bringing foreign consultants on board to help, particularly European ones.

UAE
Leading consultancies concerned by UAE military's 'insourcing' shift

Leading international consultancy groups are worried about the UAE's shift towards local providers to carry out training missions for its military.

Saudi Arabia
Competition intensifies following launch of Saudi defence telecoms project

Revealed by Intelligence Online two years ago, the Saudi defence and intelligence services' plans to create a critical mobile communications network are now taking form. The battle for contracts is on.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

Saudi Arabia
Western, Chinese firms dismayed after Saudi puts military telecoms programme on indefinite hold

Companies such as Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia are worried as it appears Saudi's previously secret project for a secure mobile communications network may never see the light of day. Besides reticence from various security bodies, the project's cost is also calling it into question.