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Spotlight | France, UAE, United States
Raytheon vs EADS : satellite wars

Frustrated that U.S. restrictions on technology exports are costing them contracts, U.S. military satellite manufacturers have successfully lobbied the Obama administration to relax the export rules concerning their sector. The reforms which are currently ongoing will allow the likes of [...]

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Spotlight | United States
US on offensive in military imagery business

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Satellites: for a few centimetres less

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Astrium won - or did Digital Globe lose?

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Le Drian's French satellite hard-sell

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At least five Patriot batteries, each containing eight engagement control stations, will be deployed on the border between Turkey and [...]

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France, Saudi Arabia
Thales bids for missile contract

Thales International Middle East has been negotiating with the Royal Saudi Air Defence for the past two months to obtain [...]

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EADS military satellite sale in works

Although French hopes of selling the Rafale to the United Arab Emirates have now evaporated, France is poised to close [...]

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Saudis pursue nuclear programme

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Mubadala ICT, Abu Dhabi's high-tech fund

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Spotlight | Europe, United States
Europe To Lose Out on Anti Missile Market?

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The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

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North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

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Information wars in the Caucasus

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Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

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Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

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Spotlight | United States
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Europe, UAE, United States
Satellites: for a few centimetres less

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Astrium won - or did Digital Globe lose?

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Thales and Astrium’s partners

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Ex-Thales exec goes it alone

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