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.

FRANCE 08/04/2015

DGA enters race to develop effective GPS decoy 

Drones and missiles can be deviated from their target by the manipulation of GPS signals. However counter-measures are being developed. [...]

FRANCE 11/03/2015

DGA launches cyber-warfare platform 

The French military will have a safe place to conduct [...]

FRANCE 10/12/2014

DGA’s drones for video surveillance 

The Direction Generale de l’Armement (DGA), France’s military procurement agency, [...]

FRANCE 15/10/2014

Effidence to supply terrestrial drones to the DGA 

The French start-up Effidence won its first tender from the [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 15/10/2014

Greenmantle goes cyber 

The British corporate intelligence firm founded by two former Hakluyt executives has recently beefed up its cyber-security capacities. [...]

FRANCE TURKEY 01/10/2014

Ankara, Eurosam in exclusive talks 

Ankara has entered exclusive negotations with Eurosam on the T-LORAMIDS contract, according to Intelligence Online’s sources. [...]

FRANCE 02/07/2014

StegoBox defends against phantom connections 

A French network equipment maker is poised to begin marketing the first firewall that can detect communications hidden in network connections. [...]

FRANCE 04/06/2014

Bertin sells drones for civilian use 

Securite Civile acquired a system for its intervention units and [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 21/05/2014

All change at internal intelligence service 

Although it might appear that the French internal intelligence has merely adopted yet another new acronym, the creation of the Direction Generale de la Securite Interieure (DGSI) on May 2 represents a shift that is every bit as significant as [. [...]

FRANCE 19/02/2014

Uhuru, a secure phone funded by public money 

Led by a company specializing in secure data hosting, Nov'IT, [...]

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. [...]