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Dassault

Founded in 1929 by Marcel Bloch, Dassault Aviation is the French aircraft manufacturer of reference when it comes to private jets and fighter aircraft (Rafale, Mirage). The company is also getting into drone development.

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FRANCE 16/09/2009

The Elysee Palace’s 12 Labours for Dassault

After winning a commitment from Brazil's president in favor of [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE 17/06/2009

Why Rafale Contract is Stalled

Apart from hints by both sides about the reasons why [...]

FRANCE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LIBYA 18/02/2009

Tripoli Wants Scalp Cruise Missiles

Libya and the United Arab Emirates could jointly acquire France’s Rafale fighter. That would give Libyan pilots a chance to familiarize themselves with weapons they cannot acquire. [...]

EUROPE 07/01/2009

European UAVs?

With EU member nations carrying out anti-pirate operations in the [...]

FRANCE 17/12/2008

Military Contract on Hold in Athens

French arms suppliers have been courting Costas Caramanlis’ Greek government for years and fear it may fall because of street unrest. [...]

QATAR 03/12/2008

Sarkozy Pushes for Rafale

On the sidelines of a whistle-stop trip to Doha on [...]

FRANCE 23/07/2008

Co-Decision’s Intelligent Agents

Developed by a former researcher at Dassault, the Decider Track software package developed by Co-Decision enables the user to conduct research into highly disparate data bases. [...]

FRANCE 09/07/2008

Jean-Louis Simon

Deputy head of the French military intelligence agency Direction du [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 09/07/2008

A Deal on Rafale - With a Hitch

France's Dassault Aviation is in talks with the United Arab Emirates on selling Rafale to Abu Dhabi. But the UAE wants Dassault to take back its fleet of French Mirage 2000's in return. Which means finding buyers for them. [...]

FRANCE 25/06/2008

New French Arms Salesman in Riyadh

The French armaments office that specializes in selling weaponry to Saudi Arabia, SOFRESA, has been succeeded by ODAS. The latter’s shareholders were due to confirm the makeover of the agency on June 23-24. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 11/06/2008

French Push Warship Sales

The failure of France’s Armaris to sell submarines to Pakistan last year could hamper French efforts to sell surface ships and submarines to Saudi Arabia. [...]

FRANCE 28/05/2008

Bauer Quits SSF

The founder of Securite Sans Frontieres (SSF) in 1994, Frederic Bauer has decided at the age of 62 that it’s [...]

FRANCE 14/05/2008

Sofema Aims to Break Even by 2010

Leaving a job at Safran nearly a year ago to take over as chief of the armaments firm Sofema when [...]

FRANCE 09/04/2008

Dassault Tip-Toes into United Arab Emirates

The scenario is now highly familiar. The French aircraft manufacturer [...]

EUROPE 13/02/2008

France Seeks a Euro Lock on Arms

To stop U.S. suppliers from picking up major armaments contracts in Europe, some European companies are counting on France to introduce a “community preference” system when it takes over the EU presidency. [...]

INDIA 12/12/2007

EADS Sales Team Takes a Knock

Eurocopter’s associates in India have just cost the company a major contract. [...]

FRANCE 31/10/2007

Paris- A War Room to Sell Weapons to India

Without waiting for a complete overhaul of France’s system to [...]

MOROCCO 17/10/2007

DCNS Lands Last Minute Frigate Contract

With Dassault Aviation failing to sell itsRafale fighter to the [...]

FRANCE 17/10/2007

New Leadership for Arms Sales Push

France’s failure to persuade Morocco to buy its Rafale fighter has prompted the defence industry and government to think of bringing exports under a single authority. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 03/10/2007

Tough Times for French Exporters

In the wake of setbacks by French armaments groups on several export markets which France would normally have been expected to capture, in North Africa and the Middle East, the Paris government is considering a radical shake-out of the system [...]

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