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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 Government Intelligence 28/03/2018

Rival commando series in development 

Following on from the success of "Bureau des Legendes", the [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 14/03/2018

Parly takes shot at Intelligence Campus 

According to our sources, the general inspectorate of the French [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 14/03/2018

French commandos played key role in Ouagadougou 

The terror attack on the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the headquarters of the national army earlier this month saw rapid deployment of the French special forces. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 28/02/2018

Creil, DRM's training base 

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

FRANCE International Dealmaking 28/02/2018

Storm clouds gather over French ISR 

New French intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are a key component of the next military appropriations bill. But building them is proving to be fraught with problems. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 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. [...]

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FRANCE International Dealmaking 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 Government Intelligence 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 Government Intelligence 17/01/2018

ENA takes interest in intelligence 

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

UNITED STATES FRANCE Government Intelligence 17/01/2018

US officials receive French gifts 

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

FRANCE Government Intelligence 27/12/2017

DGSE beefs up security in France's overseas territories 

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

FRANCE Government Intelligence 13/12/2017

French Spymasters hit the road 

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

FRANCE UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 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 Government Intelligence 29/11/2017

More cash to pay linguists and cyber-spies 

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

FRANCE Government Intelligence 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 Government Intelligence 15/11/2017

Thirteenth parachute regiment gets new commander 

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

Spotlight FRANCE Government Intelligence 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 Government Intelligence 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 Government Intelligence 19/07/2017

Ferlet's challenge at the DRM 

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

FRANCE Government Intelligence 05/07/2017

Gomart bids farewell to arms surrounded by Le Drian faithful 

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