Ambani is the key intermediary for the French military-industrial complex in India. ©Bloomberg FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
Peter Thiel has become Trump's principal technology adviser. ©Bloomberg UNITED STATES Published on 09/08/2017 Thiel is Trump's intelligence guru
Ivor Ichikowitz AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA / MIDDLE EAST Published on 07/09/2016 Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate Free
Norman-Lamont IRAN / UNITED KINGDOM Published on 17/02/2016 Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community
FRANCEGERMANYIRAQ 17/09/2014 Ursula von der Leyen Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defence minister, and her French [...]
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 Antoine Noguier joins Lahoud at EADS General Antoine Noguier has joined Airbus Group, after leaving the military cabinet of French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on [...]
FRANCE 30/07/2014 Errera picks team at DGRIS Current boss of DAS, the French defence ministry's strategic affairs [...]
FRANCE 30/07/2014 Anna Czerny Anna Czerny, technical advisor to the French defence ministry since [...]
FRANCE 02/07/2014 Jean-Francois Hogard Jean-Francois Hogard, who has commanded the Armed Forces in the [...]
SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE 18/06/2014 Mutaib goes to Paris Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Salman's name was on the agenda [...]
FRANCE 18/06/2014 DCNS' Scorpene sets sights on Baltic French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met his Polish counterpart, [...]
Spotlight UNITED STATES 07/05/2014 US on offensive in military imagery business Since the shrinking budgets of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) can no longer support the industry alone, the Obama administration has gradually lifted the barriers forbidding foreign exports of US-built military satellites and very [...]
Spotlight SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE 16/04/2014 French have no one to talk to in Riyadh The diplomatic honeymoon period between Paris and Riyadh has yet to benefit the French defence industry: the only major deals that have been struck since President François Hollande's very public rapprochement with Saudi Arabia shortly after his election in 2012 [...]
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 16/04/2014 Jean-Yves Le Drian Jean-Yves Le Drian never misses an opportunity to trumpet his [...]
FRANCE 16/04/2014 DCI prepares for take-off The French army's air surveillance weaknesses offer a wealth of opportunities for the private sector. In addition to the Luxembourg-based [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 02/04/2014 Bandar prepares comeback While Riyadh lays out the red carpet for Barak Obama, Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan has been licking his wounds in Morocco - but he is planning to make a comeback. [...]
UKRAINERUSSIA 02/04/2014 On the Crimean commercial front Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian province may have closed some doors for Western defence companies in Russia but it has opened others in the Baltic States. [...]
FRANCEUZBEKISTAN 02/04/2014 Uzbek defence minister visits Paris Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French defence minister, met his Uzbekistan [...]
FRANCE 05/02/2014 DCRI to monitor jihadists' travel A growing number of French residents travelling to Syria to fight - some 250 are estimated to have gone - has prompted stricter travel controls, with Turkey's help. [...]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESFRANCE 22/01/2014 Le Drian's Rafale reminder The two-hour working meeting attended by French defence minister Jean-Yves [...]
FRANCE 18/12/2013 Brittany goes cyber Perhaps it is because of French defence minister Jean-Yves Le [...]
EUROPE 04/12/2013 Enders targets "bullshit castle" EADS' reorganisation under the Airbus brand has likely signed the death warrant of the marketing & strategy unit, or SMO, the light cavalry of the group's major export programmes. [...]
