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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.

FRANCE ISRAEL AZERBAIJAN Corporate Intelligence 17/09/2014

Franco-Israeli naval battle in Baku 

Intelligence Online can reveal that DCNS is looking to do business in Azerbaijan. According to our sources, the company intends to challenge the state-owned Israel Shipyards, which is on familiar turf in Baku. [...]

EUROPE QATAR UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 30/07/2014

Blow for Airbus and MBDA 

European defence groups are still reeling over the $11 billion [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 30/07/2014

Fewer generals in private sector 

Rationalisation is gradually reducing the number of positions for retired [...]

AZERBAIJAN FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 18/06/2014

Hollande goes to bat for Eurosam 

During his visit to Azerbaijan last month, French President François [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 18/06/2014

Ixxo 

Ixxo, the internet non-structured information monitoring and analysis company based [...]

FRANCE OMAN Corporate Intelligence 16/04/2014

French industry sets sights on Oman 

Once the private hunting ground of British industry, Oman has turned into a platform for Western companies keen to do business in Iran. [...]

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ISRAEL Corporate Intelligence 19/02/2014

Upset for Rafael in New Delhi 

Israeli defence group Rafael has been a privileged supplier to the Indian army for some time (IOL 596, IOL 593) [...]

TURKEY Corporate Intelligence 22/01/2014

Hollande to tout European armaments 

François Hollande will put his weight behind Eurosam when he visits Ankara on January 27, Intelligence Online can reveal. [...]

Insiders MIDDLE EAST UNITED KINGDOM 21/01/2014

Grant Rogan, architect of Gulf mega-contracts 

Born in 1955. British Chief executive of Blenheim Capital Chief executive of Blenheim Capital Partners since its foundation in 2006, [...]

Insiders FRANCE MIDDLE EAST 05/12/2013

Omar Zeidan, the doyen of Franco-Arabian deal-makers 

Omar Zeidan is one of the best-connected among the established agents of French industry in the Arab world. He is [...]

EUROPE Corporate Intelligence 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. [...]

SINGAPORE Corporate Intelligence 06/11/2013

DCNS/TKMS face off in Singapore 

The German and French shipbuilders are squaring up over a $1.8 billion contract to supply three state-of-the-art submarines to Singapore. [...]

Insiders MIDDLE EAST 23/10/2013

The Al Kaabi family, operating arm of the Emir of Abu Dhabi 

Fadel Al Kaabi, formerly of the Tawazun sovereign fund, set up the International Golden Group (IGG) in 2002. The company, which is headed by Fadel's uncle, former armed forces deputy chief of staff Mohammed Hilal Al Kaabi, specialises in partnerships with Western defence groups like France's Thales, Britain's BAE, Paramount of South Africa and Italy's Selex. [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 25/09/2013

Riyadh rethinks military without US 

US moves in the region in the past couple of years have prompted some serious thought in Saudi Arabia: Despite the two countries' alliance, would Barack Obama intervene militarily if the Saudi monarchy came under threat? [...]

Insiders ASIA EUROPE 18/07/2013

Dick Evans, the Kazakhstan connections of an arms industry high-flier 

After having served as the high profile chairman and chief executive of BAE Systems from 1998 to 2004, Richard "Dick" Evans has been putting his talents to use in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev recruited him in October 2006 to run the country's sovereign fund, Samruk. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Corporate Intelligence 10/07/2013

Al Bu-Ainnain reps French and US groups 

As well as being Dassault and MBDA’s agent in the United Arab Emirates (IOL 606), former Emirati Air Force commander [...]

Spotlight FRANCE QATAR Corporate Intelligence 26/06/2013

Soulié, deal broker for French groups 

Qatar, which President François Hollande visited on June 22-23, is not only Paris' ally in the Middle East and a principal foreign investor in France, it is also a key country for French groups such as Thales and Total. [...]

GERMANY FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 10/04/2013

Germany and France's undersea battles 

Germany’s HDW and France’s DCNS are daggers drawn over three huge contracts for conventional submarines. [...]

TURKEY Corporate Intelligence 12/12/2012

NATO boosts Raytheon and Lockheed 

At least five Patriot batteries, each containing eight engagement control stations, will be deployed on the border between Turkey and [...]

SAUDI ARABIA Corporate Intelligence 17/10/2012

Sale time at Thales 

According to our sources, Thales is considering selling one of [...]