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Direction du renseignement militaire

The DRM (Direction du Renseignement Militaire) has a role similar to the US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), providing intelligence to the French armed forces. It reports to the chiefs of staff.

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UKRAINE 17/09/2014

DGSE, DRM back in force in Kiev

The French external intelligence service closed its office in Kiev in 2013 but the DGSE and the DRM are now working all out to track the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA SYRIA 03/09/2014

Intercepting Russia, Syria

According to our sources, the Dupuy de Lôme, the interception ship of the French Navy is back in the Black [...]

FRANCE 03/09/2014

Le Drian's very own CIA

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is poised to establish inter-service intelligence units for theatres of military operations, so-called "Cellules [...]

FRANCE 03/09/2014

DRM goes cyber-shopping

The Direction du Renseignement Militaire (DRM) recently splurged on cyber-intelligence [...]

FRANCE 02/07/2014

Geos' new management duo

The French private security company has boosted its management capacity by the twin hiring of an ex-military chief executive and a COO with a business background. [...]

FRANCE 18/06/2014

Spy-plane scramble looming

According to information obtained by Intelligence Online, the Direction Generale de l'Armement is poised to invite tenders for the supply [...]

FRANCE 04/06/2014

A closed-door colloquium at the DRM on May 23 saw director Christophe Gomart officialise reforms that have been in the works since the beginning of the year, particularly in imagery intelligence. [...]

FRANCE 04/06/2014

Michael Flynn

Michael T. Flynn, who is poised to stand down as [...]

FRANCE 07/05/2014

Thierry David

Thierry David is being tipped to for the top slot [...]

FRANCE 16/04/2014

DRM back in the driving seat Free

The French army, air force and navy have had a certain degree of autonomy to conduct their own intelligence affairs in recent years but the DRM, France's joint military intelligence directorate, is poised to play a bigger role once again. [...]

FRANCE 19/03/2014

The DRM

The DRM is building its own data storage centre, the [...]

FRANCE 19/03/2014

Jean Heinrich

Jean Heinrich, told management of the private security firm Geos [...]

FRANCE 05/03/2014

CAE lands more intelligence work

Luxembourg-based CAE Aviation has been in operation in Mali for the past two years under contract to the French intelligence [...]

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 08/01/2014

DGSE monopolises special funds

Once again this year, the DGSE will take the lion's share of the French government's secret fund for intelligence. [...]

FRANCE 08/01/2014

Bernard Barbier

Bernard Barbier, the technical director of the DGSE, officially stepped [...]

FRANCE 08/01/2014

Gomart reforms the DRM

To bring new dynamism to the Direction du Renseignement Militaire (DRM), General Christophe Gomart, the head of France's military intelligence [...]

FRANCE 08/01/2014

COS busy in northern Mali

Counter-terrorism operations conducted by the French air force and the special forces, the Commandement des Opérations Spéciales (COS), in November [...]

FRANCE 09/10/2013

Intelligence services under microscope

The French intelligence services have been spared budget cuts but in future they will be under the scrutiny of a new inspection office. [...]

FRANCE 25/09/2013

Naval intelligence in Syria

The French Navy was involved in preparation for the air strikes that the US mooted in response to the chemical weapons attacks last month. [...]

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Direction du renseignement militaire

DGSE, DRM back in force in Kiev

Intercepting Russia, Syria

Le Drian's very own CIA

DRM goes cyber-shopping

Geos' new management duo

Spy-plane scramble looming

Imagery intelligence shake up

Michael Flynn

Thierry David

DRM back in the driving seat Free

The DRM

Jean Heinrich

CAE lands more intelligence work

Military intelligence overhaul underway

DGSE monopolises special funds

Bernard Barbier

Gomart reforms the DRM

COS busy in northern Mali

Intelligence services under microscope

Naval intelligence in Syria

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