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 SAUDI ARABIA 21/11/2018

Internal turmoil at Thales Saudi Arabia 

The mood has worsened at Thales in Saudi Arabia, where [...]

FRANCE 21/11/2018

AESMA to study Pasdaran's influence 

After winning the contract to follow the Syrian crisis for [...]

Spotlight UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES 07/11/2018

Mode 5: Abu Dhabi fast becoming Washington's closest Arab ally 

The UAE's adoption of the latest US encryption techniques brings the country closer to the inner circle of US military allies - while making sales of the F-35 to the UAE practically a foregone conclusion. [...]

AZERBAIJAN FRANCE 07/11/2018

Ilham Aliyev ready to call it quits with Macron… and his contracts 

The word from inside the presidential building is that the Azerbaijani leader is having trouble accepting the cavalier cancellation of Emmanuel Macron's trip. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 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. [...]

FRANCE 10/10/2018

Fincantieri, Naval Group may tie looser knot 

The Euronaval fair in Paris on October 23-26 is supposed to be the moment when Italy's Fincantieri and France's Naval [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 10/10/2018

Houghton gets further into cyber 

Former British Army chief Nicholas Houghton invested in ByzGen, the [...]

FRANCE 10/10/2018

DRM, DGSE launch separate IA programmes 

Both French intelligence services are expecting great things from Artificial Intelligence, particularly in geospatial intelligence, but they are not ready to pool their resources. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE UZBEKISTAN 26/09/2018

Emmanuel Macron sets out to woo Tashkent 

Long off-limits to the outside world, Uzbekistan has started to extend a warmer welcome to French CAC 40 companies under Mirziyoyev. [...]

SINGAPORE 26/09/2018

Lee Fook Sun oversees cybersecurity as Ensign's chairman 

Lee Fook Sun, the former head of Singapore's military intelligence service, the Joint Intelligence Directorate (JID), was appointed chairman of [...]

FRANCE 26/09/2018

Suneris acquires software business from interceptions firm AMECS 

Suneris Solutions, the government contracts subsidiary of the interceptions firm [...]

FRANCE 12/09/2018

French Darknet monitoring role attracts bidders 

An Israeli and an American startup are hoping to carve their niche in France in Darknet monitoring while the French cyber-sector struggles to take shape. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 29/08/2018

Ex-army chief Houghton gets busy in private sector 

Former British Army chief-of-staff Nicholas Houghton, who retired last year, launched the consulting firm De Vinculis in July. Already a [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE 29/08/2018

Seguillon works for Al Essas, chamberlains of the Salman clan 

Jerome Seguillon, a Gulf-based former French defence industry executive, works for the Al Essa family, close allies of the clan of King Salman bin Abdulaziz. [...]

FRANCE 25/07/2018

Corexalys brings out cyber-artillery 

The new French firm Corexalys has taken the unusual step of focusing on cyber-offensive services for its clients. The French [...]

FRANCE 25/07/2018

Shakeup underway at French defense brokers 

Industrial advisers to the Elysee Palace and the defence ministry will spend the coming weeks fleshing out a plan to restructure France's military export offices. [...]

FRANCE 18/07/2018

French government digital policy: Paris has head in the Cloud 

Despite the recommendation in a parliamentary report on cyberdefence published on July 9 that France build a viable sovereign computer [...]

Spotlight FRANCE ITALY QATAR 11/07/2018

Mood of suspicion behind scenes of Fincantieri-Naval Group merger plan 

The intelligence services are keeping a watchful eye on the arranged marriage that the Elysee Palace has been encouraging between the big French and Italian shipyards. [...]

EGYPT 11/07/2018

ETIT partners foreign technical intelligence companies 

The state-run technology company ETIT is emerging as the go-to interface for foreign monitoring and interception companies wanting to do business in Egypt. [...]

SINGAPORE 11/07/2018

Thales goes all out to land satellite order 

The French company is hoping that Singapore will become the first country to buy its new high-end observation satellites. It is lining up its troops to secure a deal. [...]