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Airbus keeps low profile in Saudi mission-critical communications bid

Now the leading French mission-critical communications provider, Airbus is seeking to earn a share of the Saudi defence ministry's mission-critical communications contract. But delays on France's RRF radio network of the future project have the firm treading very cautiously in Riyadh.

Spy Way Of Life ASIA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AMERICA Government Intelligence 23/12/2022

Intelligence Online's spyware gift list for the holidays Free

Across the globe, after long months of hushed conversations and quiet meetings in secret hideaways, spies are working on their holiday shopping lists. This week, Intelligence Online looks into the Christmas-time tradecraft goodies on offer, from pop culture spy gear to big ticket items for the brave gift giver.

The Intelligence Online editorial team's gift ideas.

FRANCE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Surveillance & Interception 03/10/2022

Obvious Technologies moves beyond Doha to Abu Dhabi

The French company founded by a former commander from the French gendarmerie's elite tactical force GIGN, Thierry Orosco, is reaching out to artificial intelligence firms SAFE, a Saudi parastatal, and Group 42, from the Emirates, with whom it already has ties.

RUSSIA Government Intelligence 19/07/2022

From Moscow to Ukraine, demand for Rosgvardia continues to grow

The Russian paramilitary security service Rosgvardia is being stretched to its limits, as it is being deployed in the conquered areas of Ukraine and in its homeland, where the Ministry of the Interior needs it to ensure officials' safety.

FRANCE QATAR International Dealmaking 31/05/2022

French defence companies launch charm offensive at Milipol Qatar

On the sidelines of the internal security and civil defence trade fair, Milipol Qatar, French defence companies cosied up to the movers and shakers framing the development of Qatar's domestic defence industry.

Qatari Prime Minister Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, who also holds the interior portfolio, with French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin in Doha on 24 May.

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 22/03/2022

France hired security firms to withdraw foreign citizens from Ukraine

Whether present or not in Ukraine before the conflict, several security companies were hired by French groups and diplomats to help evacuate expatriates as Russian troops entered the country.

FRANCE QATAR International Dealmaking 25/10/2021

CS Group and Thales hope for windfall from Franco-Qatari anti-drone warfare cooperation

With the 2022 Football World Cup looming, French companies have set their sights on Qatar's major anti-drone contracts. The firms are backed in their efforts by France's army, national gendarmerie and interior ministry.

FRANCE International Dealmaking 16/07/2021

French commandos drop interminable parachute programme

The SMTCOPS programme entrusted to Safran in August 2016 is intented to provide French special forces paratroopers with new state-of-the-art parachute systems. But with it facing delays, some units have bypassed the defence procurement agency (DGA) and turned to other suppliers.

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 05/07/2021

Special forces provider interest group adds intelligence string to its bow

As he extends the scope of his services to special forces, Benoît de Saint Sernin, founder of French federation of special forces equipment suppliers Cercle de l'Arbalète, wants to grow its business with French intelligence agencies.

AUSTRALIA FRANCE INDIA Government Intelligence 15/02/2021

Le Drian to head to New Delhi in April to talk maritime and defence cooperation

French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi in April to [...]

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian.

FRANCE IRAQ Corporate Intelligence 10/02/2021

ADP considers its security options in Mosul

After signing a deal to reconstruct Mosul Airport with Iraq's civil aviation authority on 25 January, France's Aéroports de Paris [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 11/03/2020

Musical chairs at Centigon, buffeted by competition

After the departure of Bruno Tanqueray from the armoured vehicle [...]

AFRICA FRANCE Government Intelligence 29/01/2020

Abidjan becoming France's West Africa intelligence hub

As well as forging ahead with the new Abidjan-based International Counter-Terrorism Academy (French acronym AILCT) to improve international coordination on [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 02/10/2019

Maryl Solutions opens doors to Latin American defence

Backed financially by missile maker MBDA, the anti-drone company Cerbair has recently won a contract to deliver its anti-drone system [...]

FRANCE International Dealmaking 09/09/2019

Paris in a drone-shopping frenzy

The French authorities' procurement forecasts see the state buying more than a thousand drones of all sizes over the next decade, much to the delight of industrials.

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 20/03/2019

Former GIGN chief Thierry Orosco gets into business in Algiers and Astana

Thierry Orosco, who commanded France's GIGN elite intervention unit from 2011 to 2014, has attended a series of business forums [...]

EGYPT FRANCE International Dealmaking 23/01/2019

Cairo's Mirage 5 deal forces Elysee Palace to choose between Islamabad and New Delhi

In a dilemma for Paris, the sale of old Egyptian Army French fighter planes looks certain to upset the French defence industry's new best client.

The Egypt seeks to sell for several months about thirty Mirage 5.

FRANCE GABON Government Intelligence 16/01/2019

French intelligence services probe "Libreville commando"

Two weeks before the failed coup to overthrow Gabon's President Ali Bongo, it emerged that a commando of former French soldiers were in the country. In the light of Gabonese concerns over the affair, the French authorities have launched a discreet investigation into the group.

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 21/11/2018

Broker Resco increases cyber presence

The French health insurance brokerage Resco is stepping up its [...]

FRANCE International Dealmaking 26/09/2018

Benalla, Macron's former aide, explores consulting role

The disgraced presidential aide who was questioned by the Senate on September 19 is thinking of carving a new career for himself in the private sector.

Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Badr Jafar, the businessman 2.0 taking hold in the UAE

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