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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.

Spotlight | France, Germany, Malaysia
Naval Group and Rheinmetall contracts caught up in Malaysian anti-corruption audit

Intelligence Online has seen the full audit report - not the redacted public version - on Naval Group's corvette sale programme to the Royal Malaysian Navy. The report focuses on financial dealings between the BNS shipyard and Germany's Rheinmetall Group, but a secret section looks at potential corrupt practices in ancillary contracts that followed the sale of submarines in 2002.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Hakluyt, ADIT/ECCO, FTI Consulting

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 Washington, London, Singapore and Paris.

New YorkHakluyt brings in hedge fund veteran.

ParisAlain Fernandez brings ADIT and ECCO closer together on offsets.

London/SingaporeCrédit Suisse not doing well against former Georgian president despite FTI Consulting's help.

Germany, UAE, United Kingdom
Flurry of lawsuits hit German defence industry's former Arab world agent El Husseini

Ahmad El Husseini, Rheinmetall's former Near East and North Africa agent, is being sued by some of his creditors, including the major part state-owned banks in the UAE.

France, Qatar, UAE
Armed with their major anti-drone contract, CS Group and Thales look to break into the Gulf

Now among the French army's suppliers of anti-drone equipment, the CS Group-Thales consortium wants to take advantage of this success. The Franco-Qatari cooperation will intensify right up to this year's football World Cup, while CS is trying to establish itself in Abu Dhabi with its rival MBDA.

Europe
Slinf, a new firm of German SIGINT veterans, takes a bow at ISS

In 2019, Dreamlab, a one-time partner of British-German venture Gamma Group, teamed up with the technical expert of Innosystec to set up a threat intelligence firm called Slinf.

Saudi Arabia, UAE
How ex-SAMI boss came to steer the UAE ambitions of Australia's EOS

Business in Abu Dhabi looks bright for the Australian defence and space technology company EOS, which has several cards to play, including Andreas Schwer, once CEO of Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI).

Qatar, UAE
ISR race on between the UAE's Calidus and Aquila and German branch of Qatar's Barzan

According to our sources, Calidus, the company run by the UAE defence ministry, decided to review all its plans last [...]

Saudi Arabia
Riyadh counts on Beijing, Pretoria and Berlin for its drone fleet

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is trying out a tripartite industrial complex to develop a Saudi Arabian drone fleet that can operate autonomously in Yemen.

Qatar
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.

Saudi Arabia
New foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan knows defence industry

Saudi Arabia's new foreign minister has solid relationships in the West, particularly with the US defence industry.

France
Emir of Qatar immovable in Paris

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