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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.

EGYPT FRANCE 23/01/2019

Cairo's Mirage 5 deal forces Elysee Palace to choose between Islamabad and New Delhi 

In a dilemma for Paris, the sale of old Egyptian Army French fighter planes looks certain to upset the French defence industry's new best client. [...]

FRANCE SAUDI ARABIA 19/12/2018

Riyadh tries to reestablish naval ties with Paris 

Naval contracts are likely to be on the agenda of French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and President Emmanuel Macron's [...]

FRANCE ARGENTINA 05/12/2018

Francefi plays role in Paris-Buenos Aires defence deal 

The strategic consulting firm Francefi has been assisting France's Naval [...]

AZERBAIJAN FRANCE 07/11/2018

Ilham Aliyev ready to call it quits with Macron… and his contracts 

The word from inside the presidential building is that the Azerbaijani leader is having trouble accepting the cavalier cancellation of Emmanuel Macron's trip. [...]

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 ARABIA EGYPT UNITED 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 ARABIA FRANCE 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. [...]

ISRAEL FRANCE 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 STATES INDIA 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. [...]

FRANCE INDIA 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 [...]