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FRANCE 12/09/2002 Strong Boost for Armaments Industry After long years in the doldrums, the French defense industry looks set to enjoy a rush of fresh business. [...]
FRANCE 11/07/2002 Guy Tessier The new chairman of the French Parliament’s defense and armed forces committee, Guy Tessier, tends to adopt a discreet profile [...]
TAIWAN 28/03/2002 Frigate Case Keeps Popping Up Two French companies are once again in the spotlight in a case involving bribes linked to the sale of French [...]
FRANCE SWITZERLAND Document 31/10/2001 Traces of Elf’s Treasure-Trove in Switzerland French investigators inquiring into the Elf Affair since 1996 never thought to put any questions to their Swiss counterparts about Rivunion, a small Swiss bank established near Geneva airport and 100% owned by Elf. They should have.. [...]
ASIAFRANCE 22/03/2001 The French in Asia and the Gulf The French government’s satisfaction over seeing a tie-up between Thales – formerly Thomson CSF – and warship builder Directions des [...]
FRANCE 08/03/2001 Armaments Chief to be Indicted? The French investigating magistrate Francoise Issenjou who is heading the [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 25/01/2001 How MI6 Spies on its Neighbors In a book he has just published in Russia, Richard Tomlinson, a former British secret agent who spent some time [...]
UNITED STATES FRANCE 26/10/2000 Secret Funding for Intelligence Agencies The French intelligence community has found itself embroiled in a corruption case that concerns the Toulon yard of French shipbuilder [...]
Spotlight FRANCE TAIWAN 31/08/2000 New France-Taiwan Frigate Deal? Officials from the French and Taiwan defense ministries are secretly negotiating the sale of two new La Fayette-class frigates to Taipei just as the French judicial authorities are displaying an ever-increasing interest in bribes surrounding a 1991 contract for the [...]
FRANCE 03/02/2000 Infighting for Control of Power Stations The question of who holds authority over civil nuclear power stations in France has triggered a fierce bout of lobbying [...]
BRAZIL FRANCE 16/12/1999 FOCH SALE INCREASINGLY LIKELY The Brazilian navy looks highly likely to buy the French aircraft carrier Foch following a recent visit to Brazil by [...]
FRANCE 09/09/1999 BUSY SCHEDULE FOR NEW CARRIER The forthcoming sea trials of France's new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle are to be bunched together, according to [...]
FRANCE 24/06/1999 MINISTER PICKS CAUTIOUS APPROACH French defense minister Alain Richard intends to unveil highly cautious changes in the government services that deal with the armaments [...]
FRANCE 24/06/1999 CORRUPTION, THE LURE OF ARMAMENTS DEALS French defense minister Alain Richard has found his department embroiled in a corruption scandal affecting warship builder Direction des Constructions [...]
FRANCE 25/03/1999 SUMMER UPHEAVAL FOR DCN? The commercial arm of French warship constructor Direction des Constructions [...]
FRANCE 07/05/1998 NEW CUTS FOR DGA IN JUNE Completion of a "strategic plan" for the Direction des Centres d'Expertises et d'Essais (DCE), an appraisal and testing unit of [...]
FRANCE 23/04/1998 FRENCH HEADWAY WITH UAVS Despite only limited government funding, French companies are throwing a lot of effort into building UAVs. For instance, the small [...]
FRANCE 23/04/1998 CONTROLLING COSTS AT DCN? Only months after the French Audits Court took the management [...]
FRANCE 28/08/1997 FRENCH NAVAL YARD SLAMMED A report classified as "Confidential" by the French Audits court under the number 97-070-OB and concerning the way DCN International, [...]
Spotlight FRANCE 30/01/1997 FRANCE EYES BIGGER ARMS SALES ABROAD Jean-Yves Helmer pushed through a major overhaul at the French armaments board -- Delegation Generale pour l'Armement -- on Jan. 22 just as France's Defense Council was poised to meet under president Jacques Chirac to examine a new "strategic plan" [...]
