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DCNS is France’s leading naval shipyard. The company builds both surface vessels and submarines for the French Navy. It also exports, recently landing contracts in India, Brazil and Australia.

FRANCE 10/10/2018

Fincantieri, Naval Group may tie looser knot

The Euronaval fair in Paris on October 23-26 is supposed to be the moment when Italy's Fincantieri and France's Naval [...]

FRANCE 12/09/2018

Subcontractor iXBlue launches arbitration against Safran over sales practices

Partners for many years, Safran and iXBlue are embroiled in a legal battle that has shed some light on Safran's export practices. [...]

SAUDI ARABIAEGYPTUNITED ARAB EMIRATES 29/08/2018

Naval Group aims for hat-trick in Sunni Gulf

Despite concerns about its arranged marriage with Fincantieri, Naval Group, the former DCNS, is stepping up its efforts to win a trio of contracts in the Red Sea. [...]

FRANCE 27/06/2018

Spagnou asked to exit Naval Group

Jean-Rene Spagnou was asked to step down as director of [...]

SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE 27/06/2018

Safran's dispute with local agent threatens to end up in court

Safran is caught between the new and the old business networks in Riyadh in a row that is fast turning into in a full-blown legal dispute. [...]

FRANCE 14/02/2018

Paris wises up to darknet data leaks

After the leaking of massive quantities of data from industry, private corporations and public authorities in France are increasingly turning to the help of specialist firms for protection. [...]

ISRAELFRANCE 29/11/2017

Drones expand GSM interceptors' horizons

Interception firms and integrators have started to launch drones that can intercept mobile telephone communications. [...]

FRANCE 04/10/2017

Naval Group's long term export chief may be on way out

According to our sources, Philippe Sauvageot is set to step down as international director of Naval Group (ex-DCNS). Sauvageot's departure [...]

CANADA 20/09/2017

Bosch, Naval Group's new relay in Ottawa

Kevin Bosch, a veteran of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, has [...]

EUROPEAZERBAIJAN 23/08/2017

European shipyards battle it out for Caspian contract

Although theoretically, arms sales to Azerbaijan are subject to an embargo by the OSCE, two European groups are competing to sell ships to the country's navy. [...]

UNITED STATESINDIA 05/07/2017

Thales former India partner beefs up board before Nasdaq listing

Rajiv Shukla, the former CEO of the Indian defence company Pipavav, has hired Alan Rosling, a former advisor to John Major, to help Constellation become the go-to investment company for Western investors in India. [...]

FRANCEINDIA 21/06/2017

Anil Ambani, head of Reliance, places its hopes in Rafale offset

Anil Ambani's Reliance, the local partner of Dassault for the Rafale, has made some missteps that could jeopardize the deal. [...]

FRANCE 26/04/2017

Al Khateeb goes on defence mission to Paris

Ahmed Al Khateeb, an advisor to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman [...]

CANADA 08/02/2017

Hill & Knowlton to get DCNS back into the race

The suspension of Canadian navy vice admiral Mark Norman, who [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 08/02/2017

Red Sea incident rubbed salt in commercial sore between France’s Thales, MBDA

An attack on the Saudi Arabia’s Al Makkah frigate by Houthi forces on January 30 revived another war: the one between Thales and MBDA to equip the Saudi navy with missiles. [...]

QATAR 11/01/2017

Fincantieri’s major contract still in play

Perhaps Rome started celebrating too quickly. According to our sources, Fincantieri’s contract with the Qatari Navy, which was supposed to [...]

MALAYSIA 21/12/2016

Typhoon and Rafale held up in Malaysia

Embroiled in the biggest scandal in its history, Kuala Lumpur is putting the brakes on negotiations for an order of new fighter jets. However behind the scenes companies hoping to land the business are continuing to do deals with their contacts on the ground. [...]

Spotlight FRANCEINDIA 23/11/2016

Rafale's partner in Delhi now woos Paris

Indian magnate Anil Ambani, a close friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the French defence industry's new ally in India, has been carefully working his contacts in Paris to position himself as the go-to intermediary at a boom time [...]

FRANCE 26/10/2016

Dassault, DCNS, Pigasse share Indian ally

Indian billionaire businessman Anil Ambani, a close friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being wooed by a number of French companies. [...]

INDIAFRANCE 14/09/2016

Delhi also probes document leak

Like its French counterpart, which has launched similar probes, the Indian defence ministry has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation [...]