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Nexter

Nexter is a French defence company that used to be a part of GIAT Industries. It produces Leclerc tanks for the French Army. The company merged with KMW in 2015, becoming KNDS, Krauss-Maffeir and Nexter Defense Systems.

AUSTRALIA FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 02/06/2021

Naval Group hires ex-trade minister as Australia submarine deal stumbles

Naval Group, which has a contract to deliver twelve submarines to Canberra, recruited Simon Crean last month. [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA International Dealmaking 25/05/2021

FN Herstal case puts European spotlight back on business networks during Abdullah era

The corruption conviction handed down to the consulting firm GPT Special Project Management, an Airbus Group subisidiary that works for the Saudi Arabian National Guard, on 28 April, is not the end of the firm's woes. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE International Dealmaking 02/03/2021

Despite its exposure in Libya, IGG still a favourite among French firms Atos and co

Last week's Idex fair gave International Golden Group (IGG), both the UAE partner of foreign defence groups and tool to Mohammed bin Zayed's regional diplomacy, an opportunity to showcase its latest industrial alliances, including a partnership with Atos, Chinese group Norinco and the Israeli Elbit. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE International Dealmaking 24/02/2021

Drone threat clinches Saudi air defence deal for Thales

After getting nowhere for years, the French defence group has finally landed a deal with the Salman clan, thanks to Saudi Arabia's worsening security situation. [...]

Spotlight ITALY QATAR Government Intelligence 21/10/2020

Submarine deals: Rome-Doha rapprochement deepens

Cooperation between the Italian defence industry and Qatar has notched up a new first with Doha's Barzan Holdings taking a stake in an Italian submarine company. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES JORDAN LIBYA International Dealmaking 07/10/2020

International Golden Group key Emirati supporter of Haftar Free

The Abu Dhabi para-state armaments company is an essential link in Khalifa Haftar's equipment supply chain. [...]

FRANCE International Dealmaking 29/04/2020

Arquus restarts production but clouds gather on horizon

Despite a solid financial performance in 2019, Arquus has a number of issues to iron out with the French special forces this year. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EUROPE International Dealmaking 11/12/2019

Abu Dhabi's International Golden Group exposed over links with arms dealer Slobodan Tesic

The scandal in Serbia over arms dealer Slobodan Tesic's ties with President Aleksandar Vucic has also put the spotlight on the UAE defence company International Golden Group (IGG). [...]

QATAR International Dealmaking 27/11/2019

Doha back to the drawing board on procurement plans with Paris and Berlin

Worsening relations between Paris and Doha have had a negative impact on arms negotiations, a situation that seems unlikely to benefit Berlin. [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 16/10/2019

CEIS transforms after Darrason's departure

Following the departure of Olivier Darrason, Guillaume Tissier, the new chairman of corporate intelligence firm CEIS, or Compagnie Européenne d'Intelligence [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 02/10/2019

Emir of Qatar immovable in Paris

The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, visited [...]

FRANCE QATAR Government Intelligence 18/09/2019

Mood of tension as Tamim Al Thani prepares Paris visit

Despite the regional upheaval of the attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities, the Emir of Qatar, Tamim [...]

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. © Reuters

Spotlight MALAYSIA Corporate Intelligence 31/07/2019

Defence contracts: Malaysian gold rush tentatively halted

The defence sector is facing a new era in Malaysia under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who is looking to rein in defence spending. Foreign companies fear changes in deal-making channels. [...]

QATAR EUROPE International Dealmaking 17/07/2019

Al Jundy brothers negotiate in Doha with French as well as German industry

The recent revelations about the Qatari company Kingdom Projects' involvement in a Qatari order for armoured vehicles from Germany's KMW has shed light on the activities of agents Marar and Labid Al Jundy. [...]

GERMANY QATAR International Dealmaking 22/05/2019

Rheinmetall puts focus on Doha

With its projects in Riyadh still blocked because of Angela Merkel's ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Rheinmetall is turning its attentions to Doha. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA QATAR International Dealmaking 20/02/2019

Riyadh and Doha snap up European bosses to develop their defence complexes

State-owned defence companies that have been set up at the behest of the Emir of Qatar Tamim Al Thani and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) are competing to attract European business chiefs. [...]

FRANCE QATAR Corporate Intelligence 05/12/2018

Former Arquus chief joins Barzan

After retiring as chairman of the armoured vehicle maker Arquus, formerly Renault Trucks (RTD), Stefano Chmielewski has recently resurfaced in [...]

Mohamed bin Salman received US Secretary of State Mike Pompeole October 16, 2018 in Riyadh. © Reuters/Leah Millis

SAUDI ARABIA International Dealmaking 07/11/2018

Arms sales: first fallout over Khashoggi affair Free

Riyadh is varying its treatment of Western countries based on their reaction to the Khashoggi affair. [...]

QATAR International Dealmaking 24/10/2018

Barzan picks foreign partners according to strategic interests

Against the backdrop of the political upheavals that continue to play out in the region, Doha is establishing its new defence holding company. [...]

The Khashoggi affair rebuffs the diplomatic relations between Washington and Riyadh. © Reuters

SAUDI ARABIA UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 24/10/2018

After Khashoggi affair, Washington seeks to lay down law

Riyadh's commercial partners are hoping to seize on the Khashoggi affair to obtain concessions from the weakened kingdom. [...]

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