Jules Kroll built the reputation of the investigative firm that bears his name with major government contracts, and notably with Kuwait which retained him to track down Saddam Hussein's assets following the first Gulf war.
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The leading manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Europe have just set up a consortium named Air4All. They hope to obtain rights to have their aircraft form part of ordinary air traffic in Europe.
The European EULEX mission that calls for the assignment of between 1,800 and 2,000 police officers, customs officials and magistrates [...]
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Turkey's foreign intelligence agency Milli Istinbarat Teskilati (MIT) received the active backing of Zaniari, the intelligence service of the Patriotic [...]
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Saudi Arabia recently sent police officers and intelligence officials to lend a hand to Kuwait's security services in a crackdown [...]
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President Hamid Karzai plans to call on militias to help restore security in Afghanistan. The Afghan army itself counts only 30,000 troops instead of the 86,000 it was supposed to number by the end of 2007.
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The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency discreetly informed the Senate of the difficulties that the Gulf nations had encountered in mounting an anti-missile shield.
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The names of the new bosses of three French intelligence agencies - DGSE, DRM and DPSD - won't be announced until a new White Paper on defense is issued in May. But there is no lack of candidates.
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The IAEA reportedly identified tests carried out by Iran on high-intensity explosives "after 2003."
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Working on its own version of AWACS since the beginning of the decade, Beijing has deployed the aircraft in eastern China.
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China's announcement on Feb. 9 that it had identified and [...]
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The strategic committee of the Proliferatrion Security Initiative (PSI), an [...]
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Speaking before the House of Representatives' armed services committee in [...]
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The prime minister of Kurdistan and nephew of the province's [...]
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The French warship builder hired the firm of a former DST operative to investigate the sale of French frigates to Taiwan.
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The Pentagon wants to ease the rules on overseas sales of U.S. military equipment, which are seen as too restrictive by the industry.
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Sidelined in India, French defence companies are increasingly putting their money on Pakistan.
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Hit by a sharp drop in contracts in Iraq, Britain's ArmorGroup and the U.S. firm Triple Canopy are up for sale.
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Active in the respective fields of security and medical assistance, Britain's Control Risks and International SOS are joining forces to offer their services to travellers and expatriate staff.
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Revelations of business links between the Syrian-born promoter, Antoin Rezko, [...]
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The US Air Force's decision on March 3 to award [...]
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Operating for over 10 years but classified, Russia's SORM system [...]
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Launched with considerable fanfare in early 2006 (IOL 516), a [...]
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After taking on additional staff specializing in India at Cohen Group (IO 564), the former defense secretary William Cohen led [...]
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The highly discreet firm Defense Group. (DGI) conducted an important study on the use of commercial satellites by the American [...]
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A leader in the field of solvability inquiries and background checks, the U.S. firm First Advantage has just bought VerifyTM [...]
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Prime minister Gordon Brown early last month completed his overhaul [...]
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Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s National Security Council, prince Bandar bin [...]
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With Booz Allen Hamilton about to sell its consultancy business [...]
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London businessman Simon Hume-Kendall has taken over as boss of [...]
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