Milipol

France, Kuwait
Airbus renews Kuwait helicopter pitch

Airbus Helicopters has long wanted to sell a batch of Caracals to the country, and is now focusing its attentions on the country's new defence and security chief, Fahad Yusuf al-Sabah.

China, Russia
Wolvesfleet and iFlight Technology use backdoor route to get supplies to Moscow

Russia is receiving large quantities of Chinese Wolvesfleet interception (SIGINT) equipment and iFlight Technology drones. It is using parallel supply circuits to cover its tracks.

Europe, Ukraine
We're jamming: Kyiv looks to European market for help in drone fight

Amid drone warfare on the eastern front and ahead of potential threats at the Paris Olympics, European jammers are turning to production of counter-UAV systems of all kinds. Some of these were showcased at the Milipol Paris exhibition to discreet Ukrainian buyers.

Kuwait
Mohammed Al Mutairi seeks cyber protection tools for Kuwait at Milipol

After a major hacking attack in September, Kuwait is looking to shore up the cyber protection of its institutions.

China, UAE
Chinese electronic warfare firm behind UAE's Milipol exhibitor Wolvesfleet

The Emirati firm keen to sell its anti-drone technology to France is an offshoot of a Chinese interceptions giant.

France
Nuances Technologies leads race to supply anti-drone jammers to French interior ministry

In the interior ministry's current call for tenders for the supply of jammers, Nuances Technologies appears to be the obvious favourite to provide a batch that combats drone threats.

Lebanon
Jihad El Annan, once connected to pro-Hezbollah circles, supplies Lebanese intelligence

The businessman's former ties with the Amhaz brothers, blacklisted by the US for their connections with Hezbollah, have not stopped him from expanding his defence and intelligence businesses in Lebanon.

France
France seeks Qatar defence cooperation amid tensions

As strains emerge from criticism and legal action targeting prominent Qataris, France's defence ministry is hoping for a breakthrough in defence cooperation with the Gulf country, which has requested help from a French state armament agency to boost procurement.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Spottiswoode goes to FTI, Exiger hires ex-BACB, Sanction Scanner in US and Chiron head writes book

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to New York, London, Paris and Istanbul.

LondonJocelyn Spottiswoode poached by FTI.

New York/LondonExiger Diligence hires AML expert Saba Ahmad.

Washington/IstanbulTurkish Sanction Scanner to screen potential sanctioned persons from US.

ParisHead of security firm Chiron publishes autobiography on former life as paratrooper.

China, France
Detekt'in helps Chinese firm Nuctech enter French market

Paris-based security systems distributor Detekt'in is helping Chinese scanner manufacturer Nuctech, a company close to the Chinese defence ecosystem, expand in France. Long barred from the United States, Nuctech is coming under increased scrutiny in Europe.

Qatar, United States
Qatar strengthens ties with the US as it tries to go sovereign in cyber

By teaming up with the American consulting firm JMH Group, the Qatari conglomerate Salam International is trying to take advantage of the rapprochement between the two countries to form new partnerships, particularly in cyber.

Iraq
Cerbair's anti-drone system sparks interest of Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service

As drone attacks increase in Baghdad, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service is making moves to tackle the threat. It has shown interest in the systems developed by French company Cerbair despite US domination of the local defence market.

France, Qatar
Cyber policing experts jostle for Qatar World Cup security contract

Still in its first year of existence, the cyber branch of France's gendarmerie has already caught the eye of the Doha officials as they finalise their last security partnerships ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Israel, Singapore
NSO keeps a foot in Singapore thanks to TRD

In a bad position in Singapore on cyber intelligence, NSO Group maintains a presence in the city-state thanks to local anti-drone technology integrator TRD Consultancy, which distributes the products of its subsidiary Convexum.

France, Singapore
Paris wants to reboot its partnership with Singaporean agency HTX

The French ministry of the interior signed a deal with the fledgling Singaporean security and intelligence technology development agency Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) in 2019. Covid-19 then got in the way of the project, which France is now trying to rekindle.