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France, Saudi Arabia
New Start for Sofresa in Riyadh

There's been a sudden change in style at the top of the French armaments agency Sofresa. The jovial and expansive Bruno Cotte has taken over from the dour and secretive Michel Mazens. [...]

Published on 24/02/2006 at 13:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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France
New Boss for Sofresa in June

There's no lack of candidates to replace Bruno Cotte as boss of the French armaments office Sofresa.

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Saudi Arabia
Why Paris is Shunning Miksa Contract

Amazingly, Paris has decided against responding to a request by Riyadh to sign a letter of intent concerning the huge Miksa contract after battling for 20 years to win it.

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Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh lays down the new rules

Saudi Arabia’s king, Abdallah bin Abdulaziz, and his leading ministers are now persuaded that the huge amount of illicit money generated in the 1980s and 1990s by big armaments contracts became a major factor in the political destabilization of their [.

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United States
NGA a World-Wide Agency?

Still in the grips of a radical overhaul that began when it changed its name in November, 2003, the National [...]

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Spotlight | France
French Seek to Foster Information Industry

Long starved of public funding, groups specializing in information analysis technology have been ardently wooed since the end of last year by the French government, which has decided to finance several major projects in the field (Quaero search engine, the [.

Subscribers only 26.01.2006

France
A Computer Security Agency?

With strong nudging from legislator Pierre Lasbordes, the French government is expected to completely overhaul France's computer security system.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 26.01.2006

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France New Boss for Sofresa in June

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Spotlight | Saudi Arabia Riyadh lays down the new rules

United States NGA a World-Wide Agency?

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France A Computer Security Agency?

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Ukraine
Jamming wars

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

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

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

France, Saudi Arabia
New Start for Sofresa in Riyadh

France
New Boss for Sofresa in June

Saudi Arabia
Why Paris is Shunning Miksa Contract

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh lays down the new rules

United States
NGA a World-Wide Agency?

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French Seek to Foster Information Industry

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A Computer Security Agency?