Thales

Thales is a defense electronics company in aerospace and defense industries. It came into being with the merger of Alcatel, Dassault Electronic and Thomson CSF and inherited the latter company’s naval activity, which it has developed in recent years. Thales now operates in 50 countries and has become a leading player in the defense industry.

FRANCE 15/05/2013

Soulie's last stand 

French consultant Jean-Paul Soulie, still unstoppable at 70, is trying to mobilise his old network of contacts in Canada to [...]

Insiders EUROPE MIDDLE EAST 14/05/2013

Dominique de Villepin, businessman poet 

Since 2008, Dominique de Villepin has been reaping the benefits of a network of business contacts built up over 30 years in the corridors of power. His law firm, Villepin international, which opened in April 2008, is devoted to his new profession of business facilitator. [...]

QATAR 24/04/2013

Thales and Soulie settle, say sources 

Thales has reached an out-of-court financial settlement with consultant Jean-Paul [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 13/03/2013

French groups tout cyber-guard 

It is the eternal irony of cyber-security: while the government has the financial means and the tools to protect its computer networks, for the most part, actual attacks tend to be carried out on more vulnerable private sector networks. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 13/03/2013

IGG thinks big in Abu Dhabi defence 

International Golden Group is positioning itself alongside the Emirati state-owned Tawazun and Mubadala as the go-to partner for Western defence companies in the Emirates. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 27/02/2013

Ex-Thales exec goes it alone 

Olivier Badard, the former Middle East director of Thales, is the latest French defence industry executive to carve a new [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE 13/02/2013

Luc Vigneron 

Luc Vigneron, the former CEO of Thales, is rumoured in [...]

FRANCE 13/02/2013

Diades software locates real pirates 

Coast guard services and shipping companies now have access to ‘anti-pirate’ radar technology developed for the French Navy. [...]

TURKEY 30/01/2013

MIT pursues big ambitions 

Turkey’s Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT) intelligence service is looking to boost its capacities as the new agency responsible for anti-terrorism and interception. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 30/01/2013

Page Group’s EU double whammy 

Stuart Page’s private security company Page Group has had its EU security contract in Afghanistan renewed, and it has also been contracted to protect European diplomats in Gaza. [...]

FRANCE 16/01/2013

Jean-Bernard Levy 

Jean-Bernard Levy, who succeeded Luc Vigneron as head of Thales [...]

SAUDI ARABIA QATAR 16/01/2013

Gulf states get into spy satellites 

After the United Arab Emirates, Qatar is now looking to have its own military observation satellite, and Saudi Arabia is expected to be next. [...]

TURKEY 16/01/2013

Israel puts spanner in Gokturk works 

Israeli pressure is threatening to delay the launch of the Gokturk satellite, which was built by Thales and Finmeccanica. [...]

TURKEY 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 [...]

AFGHANISTAN EUROPEAN UNION 17/10/2012

EEAS Afghanistan tender back on 

The €30-50 million tender for the protection of European diplomats [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 17/10/2012

Sale time at Thales 

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

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 19/09/2012

EADS, Raytheon slug it out for contract 

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will decide whom it is [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 05/09/2012

Raytheon challenges Thales and MBDA 

After slugging it out for the past six months over the huge Mark-3 contract to modernise Saudi Arabia’s short-range air [...]

UNITED STATES 05/09/2012

RadioMap takes signal intelligence to next level 

The Pentagon is developing technology to geo-locate radios, GSM antennae and WIFI spots in real time - using ordinary tactical radios. [...]

FRANCE 22/08/2012

ESEI 

ESEI, the private security subsidiary of Jacques Hogard's consultancy EPEE, [...]