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.

Spotlight FRANCE RUSSIA 14/03/2018

Macron heads for Kremlin while Russians fight for influence in Paris 

Emmanuel Macron is looking to beef up the agenda of his visit to Russia at a time when French CAC40 companies, such as Total and Safran, with operations in Russia are feeling the squeeze. [...]

FRANCE 14/03/2018

Patrice Caine ponders ideal cyber staff 

Patrice Caine, the chief executive of Thales, described what he [...]

FRANCE 14/03/2018

Former DGSE chief-of-staff launches Ageosco 

General Frederic Beth, the former chief-of-staff of Bernard Bajolet at the DGSE, founded the strategic consulting firm Atlas Geostrategie Conseil [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA 28/02/2018

Mohammed bin Salman prepares international roadshow 

After a planned visit to London in early March, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to follow up with visits to Washington and Paris as part of an effort to promote his Vision 2030 strategy. [...]

FRANCE 28/02/2018

Storm clouds gather over French ISR 

New French intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are a key component of the next military appropriations bill. But building them is proving to be fraught with problems. [...]

FRANCE 14/02/2018

Paris wises up to darknet data leaks 

After the leaking of massive quantities of data from industry, private corporations and public authorities in France are increasingly turning to the help of specialist firms for protection. [...]

FRANCE 14/02/2018

Special treatment for special forces upsets other military branches 

France's military appropriations bill, presented to the council of ministers on February 8, does nothing to resolve the tensions over means the special forces receive compared with the rest of the French armed forces. [...]

FRANCE 31/01/2018

French government intervenes to lower geolocation costs 

Thanks to the increasingly widespread use of the HI-2 interface, the French authorities are lowering the amount paid to operators and geolocation service providers. [...]

QATAR 31/01/2018

Barzan Holdings, Doha's mystery defence project, gets off the ground 

The isolated emirate is poised to launch its own public defence investment fund. [...]

FRANCE 31/01/2018

Defence ministry's air transport woes affect French intelligence world 

The definitive report on the use of private aircraft companies by the military looks unlikely to resolve the issues affecting French ISR. [...]

FRANCE 03/01/2018

French government takes back control of communications interception platform from Thales 

After having run into all sorts of problems since it struck up a major agreement with the electronics group in 2008, the French Ministry of Justice is to take judge-sanctioned communications interception back in-house in 2019 according to Intelligence Online's sources. [...]

LEBANON FRANCE 27/12/2017

What can Paris still hope to sell to Beirut ? 

With French president Emmanuel Macron set to visit Lebanon in [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 13/12/2017

President Macron sets about rethinking French cyber-strategy 

The Elysee Palace has sounded out the French intelligence services on a new cyberwarfare doctrine that is about to see the light of day. [...]

FRANCE 13/12/2017

Ex-GIGN chief, link between Thales and Qatar's cyber body Somod 

Thierry Orosco, the former commander of France's GIGN elite intervention unit, is an advisor to Somod, the Qatari cybersecurity organisation that recently signed a partnership with Thales, one of whose subsidiaries Orosco also advises. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE ISRAEL 29/11/2017

Paris and Tel Aviv vie for African interception contracts 

Intelligence Online has spent several months probing the fierce competition between France and Israel over contracts to supply interception materiel to Francophone African countries. [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017

Defence industry channels in disarray 

In a massive purge on November 4, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman managed to achieve what no other Saudi Arabian leader has done - sidelining people in defence circles who were not under his control. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 15/11/2017

SAMI emerges as big winner from Mohammed bin Salman's purge 

Far from the political upheavals of the multiple arrests on November 4, behind the scenes, new deal-making channels are being put in place at Saudi Arabia's new defence hub. [...]

FRANCE 01/11/2017

Jounot lands CIVIPOL slot 

After a brief stint as National Intelligence Coordinator under François [...]

EUROPE 01/11/2017

EU hopes to impose cyber-tool export standards on the world 

EU is looking to impose tougher restrictions on the sale of dual-use goods and services by introducing new regulations that might become the new standard internationally. [...]

UNITED STATES 18/10/2017

Former US Air Force chiefs join private sector 

Eric Pierce, who retired from the Pentagon's senior executive service in January, was appointed operational director of US defence giant [...]