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DASSAULT AVIATION

Dassault Aviation is France’s leading maker of private jets, fighter planes (Rafale, Mirage) and drones. Founded in 1929 by Marcel Bloch, the company changed its name to Dassault when Bloch changed his name.

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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 [...]

FRANCE 02/12/2015

Thales pitches mini drones for COS mega-ops

Thales is hoping that its Spy Ranger mini drone, which [...]

FRANCE QATAR 29/10/2014

Le Drian believes in Qatari Rafale deal

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Qatar’s chief of [...]

Insiders MIDDLE EASTUNITED KINGDOM 21/01/2014

Grant Rogan, architect of Gulf mega-contracts

Chief executive of Blenheim Capital since its foundation in 2006, Grant Rogan has been active in the Gulf since the 1980s. His father, Richard Grant Rogan, was already a connoisseur of the region. Middle East director of Northrop Grumman in the 1970s, he was a regular contact of Adnan Khashoggi, the famous Saudi arms dealer. His son, Grant, quickly opted to specialise in the discreet offset sector [...]

UNITED STATES 23/10/2013

Fremont touts F-16s

With increasingly complicated offset deals involving the sale of new [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 10/07/2013

Al Bu-Ainnain reps French and US groups

As well as being Dassault and MBDA’s agent in the United Arab Emirates (IOL 606), former Emirati Air Force commander [...]

Insiders EUROPEISRAEL 03/06/2013

Aaron Frenkel, the aircraft manufacturers' agent of choice

Aaron Frenkel is today one of the most influential commercial middlemen in the area of the former Soviet Union. Through his company Loyd's Aviation Group (no link with the Lloyd's insurance market), he facilitates the sale of Western aircraft manufacturers like Dassault, Cessna, Embraer and Pilatus in eastern European markets and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, ex-Soviet Union). In ad [...]

FRANCE 15/05/2013

Soulie's last stand

French consultant Jean-Paul Soulie, still unstoppable at 70, is trying to mobilise his old network of contacts in Canada to [...]

FRANCE 13/02/2013

French dither over drone order

The French military is in serious need of MALE drones but the authorities are hesitating between US and Israeli versions. [...]

ALGERIA FRANCE 19/09/2012

Missed opportunity for Rafale

According to our sources, Algeria has begun negotiations with Sweden’s Saab to replace some of its fleet of MIG 29 [...]

FRANCE 07/03/2012

Eurocopter eyes ATE

Under protection from its creditors in South Africa since last [...]

EUROPE 11/01/2012

Loyd’s shoots for Eastern bloc skies

With its outdated industry and equipment, the former Eastern Bloc is a promising marketplace for aeronautics companies, a number of whom rely on Loyd’s Aviation Group’s contacts in the region. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE 23/11/2011

Juppe's mission fails

After he was hastily dispatched to the United Arab Emirates [...]

SWITZERLAND FRANCE 09/11/2011

Nagra’s credit-card recording device

Designed for use by the French police, Nagra’s latest sound recording device looks just like a credit card. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE 14/09/2011

Dassault makes fresh play for Emirati deal

France’s Dassault is hoping to capitalise on the participation of Emirati Mirage alongside French Rafale in Libya to make headway on the sale of the aircraft to the UAE. [...]

FRANCE LIBYA 16/03/2011

French bosses aren’t rattling sabres over Libya

France's biggest corporations are concerned about president Nicolas Sarkozy ’s [...]

INDIA FRANCE 21/04/2010

Dassault and Thales in conflict

Dassault wants to sell second hand mirages to India, while Thales is pitching to retrofit India’s existing fleet. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE PAKISTAN 27/01/2010

Paris caught between Delhi and Islamabad

An armaments contract between the Pakistani Air Force and a consortium made up of the French groups ATE and Thales and the European missile house MBDA has been held up while waiting for French government approval. But Paris is also [...]

FRANCE 13/01/2010

Will 2010 be Rafale’s Lucky Year?

Speaking on Jan. 7 before Dassault Aviation’s works committee, the company’s chief executive, Charles Edelstenne, listed the different countries he [...]

FRANCE 25/11/2009

Falcon 50s Take to the Sea

Dassault Aviation is about to sign a contract worth EUR [...]

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