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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.

FRANCE 28/02/2018

Creil, DRM's training base 

According to our sources, under the terms of a bigger [...]

FRANCE 14/02/2018

Special treatment for special forces upsets other military branches 

France's military appropriations bill, presented to the council of ministers on February 8, does nothing to resolve the tensions over means the special forces receive compared with the rest of the French armed forces. [...]

FRANCE 31/01/2018

Defence ministry's air transport woes affect French intelligence world 

The definitive report on the use of private aircraft companies by the military looks unlikely to resolve the issues affecting French ISR. [...]

EGYPT 31/01/2018

How Abbas Kamel became Mukhabarat's new chief 

Intelligence Online has investigated the sudden sacking in January of the once-powerful Khaled Fawzi as head of the Egyptian intelligence service Mukhabarat. [...]

FRANCE 17/01/2018

ENA takes interest in intelligence 

Students at France's elite public administration school ENA went back [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE 17/01/2018

US officials receive French gifts 

The security honeymoon period between Paris and Washington shows up [...]

FRANCE 27/12/2017

DGSE beefs up security in France's overseas territories 

France's DGSE will shortly put out a contract for a [...]

FRANCE 13/12/2017

French Spymasters hit the road 

General Jean-Francois Ferlet, who was appointed to head of the [...]

FRANCE UNITED STATES 13/12/2017

Paris prepares to become sixth intelligence 'Eye' 

The establishment of the SPINS agreement, which will plug France into US sensors, is imminent. [...]

FRANCE 29/11/2017

More cash to pay linguists and cyber-spies 

The finance bill 2018 currently before the French parliament calls [...]

FRANCE 15/11/2017

Military intelligence secures human intelligence budget 

The Direction du Renseignement Militaire (DRM), the French military intelligence agency, appears to have done fairly well in the ongoing [...]

FRANCE 15/11/2017

Thirteenth parachute regiment gets new commander 

According to our sources, Colonel Yves J. has been appointed [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 19/07/2017

High-level battle to operate air surveillance over Sahel and Near East 

Private companies that operate fleets of air surveillance planes are preparing the bids they will submit to the French army. These are strategic contracts since ISR is an activity that is set to explode. [...]

FRANCE 19/07/2017

Intelligence support pays in Abuja 

Careful study of the annexes of the French defence ministry's annual report to the parliament on defence exports, which was [...]

FRANCE 19/07/2017

Ferlet's challenge at the DRM 

Jean-Francois Ferlet, the new head of French military intelligence, the [...]

FRANCE 05/07/2017

Gomart bids farewell to arms surrounded by Le Drian faithful 

Christophe Gomart bowed out as head of the French military [...]

CANADA FRANCE 05/07/2017

Garda plants flag in Paris with Crisis 24 

According to our sources, the Canadian private security group Garda has acquired Crisis Consulting (Crisis 24), the French private security [...]

FRANCE 21/06/2017

Francis Delon takes temporary regency of French intelligence 

According to Intelligence Online's sources, because of the musical chairs in ministries over this post-electoral period, the Commission Nationale de [...]

FRANCE 21/06/2017

Macron comes up with legislative solution for radio interceptions 

The French president's office and the government are considering how to legalise radio interceptions which have been in a legal grey area for months. [...]

FRANCE 07/06/2017

Stanton Wallace finds new jobs for old brass 

Behind the appointment of Christophe Gomart, former boss of the [...]