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Saudi Arabia
Riyadh wants Beirut to hand over Saudi's former star arms broker

In the crosshairs of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption investigators, businessman Salah Fustok sought refuge in his native Lebanon. But he hadn't counted on the tenacity of Riyadh's new strongman, determined to uncover all the previous Saudi monarch's military and financial secrets.

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.

The Tech Telegraph
Algeria cancels dud ISR aircraft deal, Shai Salitan joins Rakia, Czech electronic warfare

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT with a dose of cyber, we report every Thursday on events big and small that matter in the technical intelligence community.

BostonRTX to pay back $567m for Algiers' phantom ISR aircraft

DubaiShai Salitan joins Rakia Group

PragueCzech army scouts for electronic warfare systems

France, UAE
DCI struggles to bag French arms contracts in Abu Dhabi

With the forthcoming opening of its office in Dubai, ADIT intends to relaunch its new subsidiary Défense Conseil International in the region. The firm has been excluded in the UAE from several maintenance and training contracts for French military equipment acquired by Abu Dhabi.

Africa, France
Plans to upgrade Nigerian Presidential Air Fleet pique courtiers' interest

Dassault Aviation is keen to help the Nigerian Presidential Air Fleet update its range of civilian planes, while US broker JetHQ is already taking care of the VIP side.

France, Qatar
Doha's dream arms deal with Paris

The sale of armoured vehicles to Doha by Franco-German manufacturer KNDS - a lingering issue in Franco-Qatari relations - is still struggling to take shape. Qatar could however agree to a deal in exchange for the acquisition of a KNDS subcontractor.

France, Germany
Secret Franco-German military research centre exploits battlefield feedback from Ukraine

The Institut Saint-Louis, which is under the authority of the French and German defence ministries, is using feedback from the conflict in Ukraine to develop disruptive drone, interception and AI systems.