Defense conseil international

France
ADIT reshuffles line-up after Défense Conseil International acquisition

Since taking over DCI, the corporate intelligence firm has been redistributing roles within the group from among its experienced staff.

France, Ukraine
Bidders compete for Ukrainian military training contract following turbulent tender process

Launched, cancelled, then revived, the French ministry of armed forces' tender for the training of Ukrainian soldiers closed more than six-months late. Some candidates feel the bid has been tailor-made for Défense Conseil International, now part of ADIT.

The Tech Times
Presight picks Anton Kharitonov, DCI's ISR drones, Falkor and Epieos

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Abu Dhabi Russian OSINT expert heads Presight's intelligence teams

Paris DCI wants to supply ISR drones to MNJTF

Tel Aviv Falkor picks French firm Epieos's OSINT solutions

France
French government gives green light for ADIT takeover of armed forces' operator DCI

ADIT has officially taken control of Défense Conseil International. France's Commission for Shareholdings and Transfers has just validated the sale of some of the French State's shares to the country's leading corporate intelligence group, thereby transforming it into a major player.

Czech Republic, France, Qatar
Mirage 2000 fleet looking for new home

Indonesia's new president has decided not to buy the aircraft from Qatar's air force after all, leaving the deal's broker, Excalibur Army, high and dry.

France
ADIT's takeover of Défense Conseil International leads to Sofema ownership change

Corporate intelligence group ADIT is preparing to take control of Défense Conseil International, which will affect one of the latter's shareholders. Arms supply company Sofema is to be sold to its sales director, himself the founder of a corporate intelligence company.

France, Qatar, Ukraine
ADIT maps big year ahead, from DCI takeover to Ukraine rebuild

ADIT CEO Philippe Caduc has grand plans for the coming year: lock in its acquisition of Défense Conseil International, double the group's turnover and be part of the reconstruction of Ukraine.

The Tech Times
Willis to Touchstone, Hazard at Framatome's cyber subsidiaries, Drone XTR's DSNA deal

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber included, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Washington Patrick Willis joins Touchstone Futures

Paris Ex-Preligens Hazard joins FoxGuard and Cyberwatch

Le Havre Drone XTR to equip French airports

France, Philippines
France's DCI in Naval Group bust up over Philippines submarine project

France's embassy in Manila and its ministry of armed forces are still finalising their commercial strategy to support Naval Group's submarine offer in the Philippines, but cooperation within 'team France' is proving tricky.

France
Counter-drone flyweight Drone XTR takes on sector giants

The Havre-based counter-drone specialist looks set to win a €7m contract with the French air traffic control agency to equip airports with counter-drone capacities, but questions remain about where the technology comes from and how efficient it will be.

France
France's Défense Conseil International poised for change in wake of acquisition by ADIT

DCI is set to boost its line of training and consulting services for foreign armies with more cyber, anti-drone and geospatial intelligence training.

France, Ukraine
Legal action over cancelled state tender for Ukrainian military training

The French government has been named as the "losing party" by a French administrative court in a disputed call for tenders for the training of Ukrainian soldiers by France. However, the call for tender in question had actually already been cancelled by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces prior to the court's ruling.

France
Risk & Co takeover: Amarante and SSF compete for security and cyber courted in asset by asset sale

Bids submitted to a French court show that Risk & Co, which is in receivership, will be sold off piece by piece. But future agreements between buyers in cyber, engineering and security, should not be ruled out.

France, Taiwan
Taiwan receives French electronic warfare training

French military services firm DCI has recently started giving out strategic training in Taiwan, which is at the centre of Indo-Pacific tensions.

France, Qatar
France's Abak Systèmes to supply electronic warfare tools to Qatar

The French firm Abak Systèmes has landed a contract to provide air-combat training software to the Qatari Air Force.

Czech Republic
Excalibur Army marches on as Europe's ubiquitous arms broker

Ukraine, Indonesia, Vietnam, Iraq... Excalibur Army has gone from being a reseller of Soviet equipment to becoming a veritable financial facilitator and integrator of arms contracts for a growing number of key countries with tight budgets.

France
French defence services company's takeover manoeuvring takes political turn

ADIT's planned takeover of DCI has sparked a flurry of manoeuvring in the French parliament, as competitors look forward to the parastatal operator becoming just another company.

Spotlight | France, Philippines
France hopes to cash in on Philippine armed forces' modernisation

Sitting just south of the Taiwan Strait in the South China Sea, the Philippines is pouring money into modernising its armed forces, starting with the navy. Paris, which is poised to appoint a defence attaché to Manila, is pushing to have French industry involved.