Cédric Perrin

France, United States
Washington keeps control of French drone intelligence tools at the Olympics

The French military's Reaper drones that will be flying over the Paris Olympics will remain under the close watch of their US designers, with French technicians not allowed to access to their most sensitive components.

France
France's parliamentary intelligence delegation laments missing classified documents

The parliamentary intelligence delegation has highlighted limitations on its mission to monitor and evaluate French intelligence policy, including heavily redacted notes and missing reports, and is calling for better treatment.

France
Senate hits gender parity problem over nominations to intelligence oversight commission

Following the French senatorial elections in September, the French Senate has had to renew its representatives on two intelligence service oversight bodies. Yet the Socialist group has hit a gender parity problem over its nominations to one of them.

The Agencies' Gazette
French Senate, Taipei, AUKUS, Houthis

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from France, Taiwan, London and Riyadh.

FranceDGSE monitors battle for chair of French Senate foreign affairs and defence commission

ChinaBeijing ramps up media presence in Taiwan

United KingdomDavid Williams, AUKUS's mainstay in London

IsraelRiyadh eagerly awaits data on the Houthis from Mossad

France, NATO
French senate elections to shake up NATO Parliamentary Assembly presidency

September's elections for members of the upper house of France's parliament will have a knock-on effect at the top of the Atlantic Alliance's forum for MPs.

France
Lowdown on tactical SIGINT contract split between Thales and Airbus

Though initially to be carried by Airbus alone, the tactical electronic intelligence (SIGINT) contract has now also been awarded to Thales, bumping up the costs.

France
More security contracts to be exempt from competitive tender

Cedric Perrin and Michel Raison, senators of France's Les Republicains [...]

France
Government and Senate keep closer tabs on defence startups

Senators Cedric Perrin, of the Les Republicains party, and Jean-Noel Guerini, of the Socialist Party, will conduct a report next [...]

France
Perrin pilots drones in Senate

The Les Republicains party senator Cedric Perrin has been appointed [...]