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MBDA

MBDA is a European missile manufacturer that was formed from the merger of France’s Matra, Alenia Marconi Systems and Matra BAE Dynamics. The company often competes for contracts with Raytheon. It developed the Meteor and the Storm Shadow missiles that are used by the British and French armies.

Indonesia
Macron's Indonesia visit whets appetites of French defence groups

Thales, Airbus and Dassault are hoping the French president's trip to Jakarta at the end of May will lead to new contracts with the Southeast Asian archipelago.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 05.05.2025

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prabowo Subianto, then Indonesian defence minister, in Paris on 24 July 2024.

Pakistan, Russia
The Karachi-based firm serving Russia's most strategic interests in Pakistan

Moscow continues to court Islamabad, despite Pakistan's role as a supplier of military equipment to Kyiv. A discreet Karachi-based company serves as the hub for Russia in the private security, defence, steel and nuclear sectors.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 24.04.2025

France, UAE
French naval players flood Abu Dhabi market

French firms have been expanding their presence in the UAE as Abu Dhabi pursues its long-term goal of establishing a sovereign naval industry. Some have landed new contracts or are lying in wait for more.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 07.04.2025

Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, during the official induction of the Al Emarat Corvette into the naval fleet, on 7 february 2025, Dubai.

France, Greece, India
Indian defence tech embedded on Rafales sold to Greece

France and India's defence relations are on a roll. Intelligence Online has discovered that Indian technological bricks were installed on Dassault Aviation fighter jets sold to Athens.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 04.04.2025

A Thales RBE2 active antenna radar fixed onto the nose of the aircraft.

France, India
Rafale deal prospects spur on aspiring local firm

New Delhi has yet to formally sign an order for a batch of Rafale Marine fighter jets, but one Indian electronic warfare group is already preparing to be part of the follow-up contracts. Its owner is a former contact of French defence firms in the Indian capital who appears to have prominent connections.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 03.04.2025

A Dassault Rafale Marine during training at Landivisiau in Brittany, France, on 20 January 2024.

France, Italy, UAE, United Kingdom
MBDA losing ground in Gulf while Europe rearms

While the European missile manufacturer refocuses its activities on Europe, several major projects in the Gulf, from Saudi Arabia to the Emirates, are at a standstill.

Free access International Dealmaking 26.03.2025

Modular missiles are displayed at the European MBDA pavilion during the 2023 Dubai Airshow in Dubai, on 14 November 2023.

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Turkey in lead to build Neom's 'Steel Dome'

Riyadh's plans to build an anti-aircraft defence system for its giant desert project are likely to be handed to Turkey's Aselsan, which beat its rival European missile manufacturer MBDA to the job.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 25.03.2025

Aselan's ‘Steel Dome’ (çelik kubbe) project was presented to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Saha Expo trade fair in Istanbul in October 2024.

France, Poland, Ukraine
MSP Inntech, a discreet player in the Polish drone war in Ukraine

Polish firm MSP Inntech is delivering its latest tactical drones and loitering munitions to specialised Ukrainian units, unofficially backed by Warsaw. The military aid is proving invaluable after the US stopped supplying its Switchblade drones.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 14.03.2025

Spotlight | France, Pakistan
Paris seeks closer ties with Pakistan's defence industry

With relations between France and India at an all-time high, notably in defence, Paris is also starting to set up economic links with India's neighbouring enemy Pakistan. Intelligence Online can reveal the details of these first steps towards closer relations.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 04.03.2025

French President Emmanuel Macron and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Élysée Palace on the sidelines of the New Global Financial Deal summit in Paris on 22 June 2023.

Spotlight | France
With Iran weakened, France hopes for new defence deals in Iraq

As Paris prepares for its third Baghdad conference, France sees not only newly aligned interests with Iraq, but also a chance for new contracts.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 12.02.2025

Iraqi Defence Minister Thabet Muhammad al-Abbasi attending a meeting with his French counterpart in Paris on 6 March 2024.

France, Indonesia
Paris sends Bastille Day invite to safeguard defence prospects with Jakarta

In an attempt to make up for lost time, France is showing its goodwill to Indonesia to ensure that its current defence contracts and prospects are kept safe.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 21.01.2025

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto.

Spotlight | France, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
For some French firms, Saudi networks lead to coveted Pakistani contracts

While it is nearly impossible for French companies to export their wares to Pakistan, especially military equipment, a few have managed to find a way in through Saudi networks.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 08.01.2025

A model of Saudi mega-project Neom's Trojena mountains, presented at MIPIM trade fair in Cannes, France, on 14 March 2024. A French firm drilling tunnels for the futuristic city is now at the heart of negotiations between Islamabad and Riyadh over one of the world's largest mines in Pakistan.

France, Indonesia
Defence networks battle in Jakarta to win over Abu Dhabi

The UAE has been scouting for defence contracts in Jakarta, but its struggle to break into the market highlights the intense battle playing out between defence manufacturers wanting to make their mark with the new president Prabowo Subianto.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 17.12.2024

France, Indonesia
French contract success subsides as Indonesia diversifies defence options

Relations between Paris and Jakarta were strong when Prabowo Subianto was minister of defence, but they have thinned since he became president. French defence players are beginning to lose out on contracts.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 06.12.2024

Pakistan
Pakistan Navy's discreet contracts with MBDA and Thales revealed

Models on display at the Pakistan Navy stand at the recent IDEAS trade fair gave a glimpse of the weapons and sensors to be fitted on the new patrol vessels built by Dutch company Damen Shipyards.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 03.12.2024

A model of the OPV-Batch II ship on display on the Pakistan Navy stand at IDEAS 2024 in Karachi.

Spotlight | China, Indonesia, Russia
J-10C, Su-57, F-15 or F-16: Prabowo's arrival in power fuels race for arms contracts

Since taking up office, Indonesia's new president has been solicited by countries interested in selling their military wares to Jakarta, from Russia and China to the US and France.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 11.11.2024

China's Vice President Han Zheng and Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, Indonesia, 20 October 2024.

South Korea, Thailand
Royal Thai Navy's frigate acquisition trail leads to offshore family holding company

The Royal Thai Navy's project to acquire a second vessel, possibly from Hanwha Ocean, supplier of the first, is well underway. But the South Korean company's local partner, High-Tech AJ, belongs to the Inthraphuvasak family, whose connections stretch all the way to the British Virgin Islands.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 05.11.2024

The first Bhumibol Adulyadej class frigate on delivery to the Royal Thai Navy in 2019.

Philippines, South Korea, United States
Philippine Navy reprioritises shopping list

The confidential list of the Philippine Navy's proposed upgrades, which Intelligence Online has been able to procure, could prove to be a windfall for defence providers. That is, once it has been accepted by the Philippine government.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 10.10.2024

Intelligence Online has obtained a list of the Philippine Navy's projects.

Spotlight | France, Japan
Paris swoops in as Tokyo scrambles to plug gaps in military space capabilities

France is stepping up its efforts to develop cooperation with Japan which, having entered the space race, is now wavering over its strategy, particularly on space surveillance.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 25.09.2024

France, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States
Riyadh plays for time as it mulls options for Typhoon, Rafale and F-35s

While BAE Systems' Typhoon fighter jet is the favourite to renew the Saudi fleet, the kingdom's air force is still looking at France's Rafales. The Saudis are being patient, betting on a Donald Trump comeback that could pave the way for the F-35.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 15.07.2024

The Royal Saudi Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoons at Zeltweg, Austria, in 2011. The Saudi fleet is now largely made up of second- and third-generation Typhoons.

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

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

MBDA

Indonesia
Macron's Indonesia visit whets appetites of French defence groups

Pakistan, Russia
The Karachi-based firm serving Russia's most strategic interests in Pakistan

France, UAE
French naval players flood Abu Dhabi market

France, Greece, India
Indian defence tech embedded on Rafales sold to Greece

France, India
Rafale deal prospects spur on aspiring local firm

France, Italy, UAE, United Kingdom
MBDA losing ground in Gulf while Europe rearms

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Turkey in lead to build Neom's 'Steel Dome'

France, Poland, Ukraine
MSP Inntech, a discreet player in the Polish drone war in Ukraine

Spotlight | France, Pakistan
Paris seeks closer ties with Pakistan's defence industry

Spotlight | France
With Iran weakened, France hopes for new defence deals in Iraq

France, Indonesia
Paris sends Bastille Day invite to safeguard defence prospects with Jakarta

Spotlight | France, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
For some French firms, Saudi networks lead to coveted Pakistani contracts

France, Indonesia
Defence networks battle in Jakarta to win over Abu Dhabi

France, Indonesia
French contract success subsides as Indonesia diversifies defence options

Pakistan
Pakistan Navy's discreet contracts with MBDA and Thales revealed

Spotlight | China, Indonesia, Russia
J-10C, Su-57, F-15 or F-16: Prabowo's arrival in power fuels race for arms contracts

South Korea, Thailand
Royal Thai Navy's frigate acquisition trail leads to offshore family holding company

Philippines, South Korea, United States
Philippine Navy reprioritises shopping list

Spotlight | France, Japan
Paris swoops in as Tokyo scrambles to plug gaps in military space capabilities

France, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States
Riyadh plays for time as it mulls options for Typhoon, Rafale and F-35s

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

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

MBDA

Indonesia Macron's Indonesia visit whets appetites of French defence groups

Pakistan, Russia The Karachi-based firm serving Russia's most strategic interests in Pakistan

France, UAE French naval players flood Abu Dhabi market

France, Greece, India Indian defence tech embedded on Rafales sold to Greece

France, India Rafale deal prospects spur on aspiring local firm

France, Italy, UAE, United Kingdom MBDA losing ground in Gulf while Europe rearms

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Turkey Turkey in lead to build Neom's 'Steel Dome'

France, Poland, Ukraine MSP Inntech, a discreet player in the Polish drone war in Ukraine

Spotlight | France, Pakistan Paris seeks closer ties with Pakistan's defence industry

Spotlight | France With Iran weakened, France hopes for new defence deals in Iraq

France, Indonesia Paris sends Bastille Day invite to safeguard defence prospects with Jakarta

Spotlight | France, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia For some French firms, Saudi networks lead to coveted Pakistani contracts

France, Indonesia Defence networks battle in Jakarta to win over Abu Dhabi

France, Indonesia French contract success subsides as Indonesia diversifies defence options

Pakistan Pakistan Navy's discreet contracts with MBDA and Thales revealed

Spotlight | China, Indonesia, Russia J-10C, Su-57, F-15 or F-16: Prabowo's arrival in power fuels race for arms contracts

South Korea, Thailand Royal Thai Navy's frigate acquisition trail leads to offshore family holding company

Philippines, South Korea, United States Philippine Navy reprioritises shopping list

Spotlight | France, Japan Paris swoops in as Tokyo scrambles to plug gaps in military space capabilities

France, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States Riyadh plays for time as it mulls options for Typhoon, Rafale and F-35s

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Intelligence Online on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

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

Indonesia
Macron's Indonesia visit whets appetites of French defence groups

Pakistan, Russia
The Karachi-based firm serving Russia's most strategic interests in Pakistan

France, UAE
French naval players flood Abu Dhabi market

France, Greece, India
Indian defence tech embedded on Rafales sold to Greece

France, India
Rafale deal prospects spur on aspiring local firm

France, Italy, UAE, United Kingdom
MBDA losing ground in Gulf while Europe rearms

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Turkey in lead to build Neom's 'Steel Dome'

France, Poland, Ukraine
MSP Inntech, a discreet player in the Polish drone war in Ukraine

Spotlight | France, Pakistan
Paris seeks closer ties with Pakistan's defence industry

Spotlight | France
With Iran weakened, France hopes for new defence deals in Iraq

France, Indonesia
Paris sends Bastille Day invite to safeguard defence prospects with Jakarta

Spotlight | France, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
For some French firms, Saudi networks lead to coveted Pakistani contracts

France, Indonesia
Defence networks battle in Jakarta to win over Abu Dhabi

France, Indonesia
French contract success subsides as Indonesia diversifies defence options

Pakistan
Pakistan Navy's discreet contracts with MBDA and Thales revealed

Spotlight | China, Indonesia, Russia
J-10C, Su-57, F-15 or F-16: Prabowo's arrival in power fuels race for arms contracts

South Korea, Thailand
Royal Thai Navy's frigate acquisition trail leads to offshore family holding company

Philippines, South Korea, United States
Philippine Navy reprioritises shopping list

Spotlight | France, Japan
Paris swoops in as Tokyo scrambles to plug gaps in military space capabilities

France, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States
Riyadh plays for time as it mulls options for Typhoon, Rafale and F-35s