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.

KAZAKHSTAN 18/10/2017

Airbus' helicopter sales channels in Astana under scrutiny 

The Kazakh-gate legal investigation underway in Paris has lifted the lid on the consultants Airbus used to get in with the government in Astana in 2009. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 04/10/2017

Former airbus man joins Thales 

Pascal Lesaulnier, who was a long-standing sales agent for Airbus [...]

FRANCE 04/10/2017

Naval Group's long term export chief may be on way out 

According to our sources, Philippe Sauvageot is set to step down as international director of Naval Group (ex-DCNS). Sauvageot's departure [...]

FRANCE 20/09/2017

Ichikowitz gets hands on last Mirage F1 

The last four Mirage F1 left French soil at the beginning of September after their acquisition in June by the [...]

INDIA 20/09/2017

SAAB and Lockheed slug it out for Indian fighter plane contract 

Keen to build up a fleet of 400 fighter planes over the coming years, New Delhi is dazzling defence companies with the prospect of mega-deals. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 19/07/2017

High-level battle to operate air surveillance over Sahel and Near East 

Private companies that operate fleets of air surveillance planes are preparing the bids they will submit to the French army. These are strategic contracts since ISR is an activity that is set to explode. [...]

UNITED STATES INDIA 05/07/2017

Thales former India partner beefs up board before Nasdaq listing 

Rajiv Shukla, the former CEO of the Indian defence company Pipavav, has hired Alan Rosling, a former advisor to John Major, to help Constellation become the go-to investment company for Western investors in India. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 05/07/2017

Mini-drones to detect satellite telephones 

Horizon Technologies has built a smaller version of its Thuraya and Inmarsat telephone geolocation system that can be deployed on tactical drones. [...]

TURKEY EUROPE 21/06/2017

Airbus agent Necdet Ersoy ready to counter-attack 

Necdet Ersoy, who was Airbus Group's agent in Turkey for many years, is threatening to take the company to court after his contract was abruptly axed by the export department. [...]

RUSSIA FRANCE 10/05/2017

Kremlin courts Areva's envoy 

On April 10, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree promoting Gilles Remy, head of the business diplomacy firm CIFAL, to [...]

FRANCE UNITED STATES 10/05/2017

Breton startup OJC advised by US intelligence vet 

The Brittany-based IT consulting firm OJC Consulting is being advised [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA UNITED KINGDOM 26/04/2017

Sauds back in favour at the White House 

US generals now running US foreign policy under Trump have opened the door of the White House to Saudi Arabia, after eight years of Riyadh being shunned by the Obama administration. [...]

FRANCE 26/04/2017

Al Khateeb goes on defence mission to Paris 

Ahmed Al Khateeb, an advisor to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman [...]

MONACO ISRAEL 26/04/2017

Confidentia and Kaymera secure billionnaire's communications 

Competition is hotting up in the lucrative ultra-high net worth secure communications marketplace [...]

FRANCE INDIA 05/04/2017

After Saudi Arabia, Chaltiel goes to India 

After being involved in the DONAS contract, which later transformed [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE 05/04/2017

Huge SFMC deal could suffer from pro-Trump bump in Riyadh 

Unfolding over the past four years or so, the saga concerning the SFMC contract between Paris and Saudi Arabia could well run into new turbulence. [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 08/03/2017

Attack drone technology proliferation changes power-balance in war on terror 

The use of attack drones was once the sole preserve of the Pentagon but home-made devices that are practically impossible to counter are now being used against US forces in numerous theatres of operation. [...]

FRANCE SENEGAL 22/02/2017

French intelligence services help Dakar with SIGINT 

According to our sources, the DGSE and the French interior ministry’s intelligence services are helping their counterparts in Senegal to [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 22/02/2017

Defence minister moves forward on aerospace overhaul 

Mohammed bin Salman's enthusiasm for reform is about to have an impact on the aeronautics and space sectors. [...]

FRANCE 08/02/2017

Prickly issue of CAE aviation’s sale 

The sale of CAE aviation, the leading transporter of the [...]