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.

UNITED STATES 06/10/2010

Google Earth, IMINT's yardstick  Free

Since September 20, Google 's virtual globe has become the principal tool for military satellite imagery visualisation. The National Geospatial-Intelligence [...]

EUROPEAN UNION 08/09/2010

Civil and military synergy 

European armaments groups, such as France’s Safran, are increasingly turning to civil technology to develop their arms systems, with Brussels’ help. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM CANADA 23/06/2010

SNC-Lavalin looks for military contracts 

A regular subcontractor to the Canadian Forces, the civil engineering [...]

FRANCE UNITED STATES ISRAEL 24/02/2010

Javelin v Rafael: Verdict March 29 

Defence Minister Herve Morin has told Intelligence Online that the winner of the contract to provide the French army contingent [...]

FRANCE 13/01/2010

Securymind 

Securymind, a security engineering concern founded by former naval commando [...]

FRANCE 15/04/2009

Bajolet and His Think Tanks 

Major input into France’s new National Intelligence Council comes from working groups whose staff hail from different government departments. [...]

FRANCE 01/04/2009

Paris - Passing the Baton in Arms Sales 

After more than two years as head of the international [...]

ROMANIA 21/01/2009

Ionel Georgescu 

Currently number two man in Romania’s anti-corruption department (DGA), Ionel [...]

FRANCE 22/10/2008

Imbroglio Over Jammers 

Bureaucratic procedures are still holding up the delivery of anti-IED jammers that the French Army needs for its overseas operations. [...]

FRANCE 08/10/2008

French Contingent in Kabul Waits for Jammers 

Ordered last summer by the French armaments board Delegation Generale pour l’Armament (DGA), 135 anti-Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) jammers for [...]

FRANCE 08/10/2008

Procurements Board Urgently Seeks New Hardware 

According to our sources, a team from the French armaments [...]

FRANCE 24/09/2008

Biological Terrorism Scenarios 

An organization named Bio3R, which stands for "Bioterrorism, Resilience, Research, [...]

FRANCE 10/09/2008

Silver Arrow UAVs for Afghanistan? 

According to our sources, officials from the French armaments board Delegation Generale pour l'Armement (DGA) flew to Israel last week [...]

FRANCE 23/07/2008

Splitting Duties between DAS and DGA 

The French authorities have made their final decisions on a debate that began in 2007 on reorganizing arms sales procedures at the defense ministry. [...]

FRANCE 23/04/2008

Jacques Bongrand 

The Research and Technology Organization (RTO) which sees to exchanges [...]

FRANCE 09/04/2008

CEIS: A Decade of Discreet Growth 

The CEIS company which marked its 10th anniversary in Paris on April 8, has become one of the biggest players in French business intelligence. [...]

FRANCE 12/03/2008

Taking Stock of Counter-Proliferation 

The strategic committee of the Proliferatrion Security Initiative (PSI), an [...]

FRANCE 27/02/2008

A Tortuous Route for Key Data 

By moving its offices to a Paris suburb, France’s arms procurement agency Delegation Generale pour l’Armament may have unwittingly altered its relations with the French defense industry. [...]

Spotlight MIDDLE EAST 13/02/2008

A Patriot Missile Shield Against Iran 

In the wake of George W. Bush's tour of the region last month, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are set to supply several batches of Patriot missiles to the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Later, the two groups hope to equip [. [...]

FRANCE 13/02/2008

CSOSG, Breeding Ground for French Homeland Security  Free

France’s Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR) has just launched a third French domestic security research and technologies program under the acronym SCOSG. [...]