DGA

The DGA (Direction Generale de l’Armement), part of the French ministry of defence, is responsible for procurement of the French armed forces as well as promoting the French defence industry abroad. The DGA works jointly with France’s partners and companies in the defence sector such as Dassault, Airbus or DCNS to develop new equipment for the military.

Spotlight FRANCE 22/01/2014

Military intelligence overhaul underway 

One of recently-appointed new French military intelligence chief General Pierre de Villiers' major tasks is to reform military intelligence within the armed forces, an area whose weaknesses came to light during France's Operations Serval and Harmattan in Mali and Libya. [...]

FRANCE 04/12/2013

Sagem still in the drone race  Free

Sagem Defense Sécurité recently delivered four SDTI-Sperwer tactical drones to the French army. The new material should help partly reduce [...]

FRANCE 06/11/2013

More drones please  Free

The Intelligence Brigade (French acronym BR) of the French army, which in September celebrated its 20th anniversary at its headquarters [...]

SINGAPORE 06/11/2013

DCNS/TKMS face off in Singapore 

The German and French shipbuilders are squaring up over a $1.8 billion contract to supply three state-of-the-art submarines to Singapore. [...]

FRANCE 28/08/2013

Ministry rationalises strategic affairs 

The French defence ministry's strategic affairs office, the DAS, is to have greater powers in 2014. [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE 24/07/2013

French Army targets mini-drone detection 

The French military is looking to counter the proliferation of hard-to-detect miniature drones. [...]

CANADA FRANCE 10/07/2013

New software provides smartphone security 

Companies can now buy software programs that make mobile telephones secure. [...]

Insiders FRANCE MIDDLE EAST 02/07/2013

Iskandar Safa, deep sea stealth networking 

Iskandar Safa, who earned his nickname of Sandy during his youth as part of the Lebanese Christian militia, is an export agent who switched successfully to industry but who, in 2013, is still active as a business intermediary. [...]

SYRIA 26/06/2013

Sarin gas puzzle 

Claims that the Syrian Army used sarin gas against the rebels seeking to overthrow Bashar al-Assad have yet to be substantiated. [...]

GERMANY FRANCE 10/04/2013

Germany and France's undersea battles 

Germany’s HDW and France’s DCNS are daggers drawn over three huge contracts for conventional submarines. [...]

FRANCE 13/02/2013

French dither over drone order 

The French military is in serious need of MALE drones but the authorities are hesitating between US and Israeli versions. [...]

FRANCE 09/11/2011

DGA’s cable clampdown 

In an affair that has created a lot of hot air in high-level French business circles, the French foreign ministry’s [...]

FRANCE 12/10/2011

Racine beats CEIS to DGA contract 

After one year in business, Racine, the small monitoring company that has a partnership with Defense Conseil International (DCI) has [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE 14/09/2011

Dassault makes fresh play for Emirati deal 

France’s Dassault is hoping to capitalise on the participation of Emirati Mirage alongside French Rafale in Libya to make headway on the sale of the aircraft to the UAE. [...]

FRANCE 29/06/2011

New portal for image analysis 

The basic module has been deployed for several months, in [...]

FRANCE 27/04/2011

MPs approve new EU arms regulations 

A French-led initiative making it easier for European defence groups to do business within the EU has been passed by the French parliament. [...]

FRANCE 13/04/2011

Ministry launches anti-hacker project 

Paralysed two years ago by the Conficker virus (IOL 587), the French Defence Ministry wants to equip itself against the [...]

Spotlight CHINA FRANCE PAKISTAN 16/03/2011

How Paris lost the Pakistani market 

Having sold Mirage aircraft, Agosta submarines and Mistral missiles to Pakistan, Paris was the country's principal military supplier for many years. But all that has changed. Today, the French are being progressively edged out of the market by China, which [. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 19/01/2011

DGI delegates 

The DGI conference gets underway in London next week. Over [...]

Spotlight FRANCE RUSSIA 06/10/2010

Sarkozy stuck in Putin's honey-pot 

Once trumpeted as a done deal, the sale of French Mistral -class BPC to Moscow still hangs in the balance, due to Russian demands. Even though Major-General Nikolai Makarov will be leading the Russian delegation to the Euronaval trade show [. [...]