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Direction du Renseignement Militaire

The DRM (Direction du Renseignement Militaire) has a role similar to the US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), providing intelligence to the French armed forces. It reports to the chiefs of staff.

France
France's bid to boost criminal intelligence

The French justice and interior ministries are stepping up efforts to find operational solutions that will quickly allow criminal intelligence to play a bigger role at a national level.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 20.01.2025

The French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin and the French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

France
French intelligence community awaits ECHR ruling

The European Court of Human Rights is set to issue its ruling on intelligence techniques and the protection of exchanges between lawyers and journalists in France, a judgment that will lead to changes in the law.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 14.01.2025

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg is due to deliver its ruling on French intelligence legislation on Thursday.

France
Much-delayed Indo-Pacific strategy finally on the horizon

France should be publishing its Indo-Pacific policy in the new year after many delays, which seem due to an ongoing disagreement between the foreign ministry and the ministry of armed forces.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 20.12.2024

The French armed forces parading for 14 July celebrations at Papeete, French Polynesia, 2023.

Spy Way of Life | China, France, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, United States
Intelligence Online's spy gift list for the festive season

Across the globe, after long months of hushed conversations and quiet meetings in secret hideaways, spies are working on their holiday gift shopping lists. We look into the Christmastime tradecraft goodies on offer, from pop culture spy gear to big ticket items.

Free access Government Intelligence 20.12.2024

Christmas gifts with a spy flavour, for fans of intelligence pop culture and daring goodies.

France
Cyclone Chido halts French intelligence listening station in Mayotte

Published on 18/12/24 at 14:05 GMT: The storm that devastated Mayotte on 14 December also shut down the French intelligence listening station in the Indian Ocean archipelago. A DGSE-led mission is underway to assess the damage.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 18.12.2024

A satellite image released by Maxar Technologies of Dzaoudzi port, on the French overseas territory of Mayotte on 16 December 2024 after cyclone Chido hit the archipelago.

France, Vietnam
French firms eye naval drones in Hanoi

The use of naval drones in Ukraine has convinced the Vietnamese navy to buy surface and submarine drones in the face of China. Several French companies are prospecting in Hanoi but they face stiff international competition.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 18.12.2024

The Vietnamese navy is interested in acquiring naval drones. Pictured is a Magura V5, developed by Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR).

Israel, Syria, Turkey
Turkish electronic warfare resources used in Syrian rebel offensive

Ankara made a major contribution to neutralising the military telecommunications of Bashar al-Assad's regime thanks to its interception and jamming tech.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 17.12.2024

France
French intelligence services turn to lawmakers for legislative help

With France lacking a new government intelligence law, the intelligence and counter-terrorism coordinator and other services are putting their requests for legislative changes to lawmakers, while the latest update to the national intelligence strategy is being finalised.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.12.2024

The bill tabled in mid-July 2024 by senators Étienne Blanc (LR) and Jérôme Durain (PS) is first in line to introduce certain measures.

The Intelligence Gazette
French Court of Auditors lifts veil on intel services, CCP's new South China Sea grab, NATO officer's pay appeal rejected

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceCourt of Auditors puts magnifying lens to intelligence services

ChinaBeijing stakes claim over South China Sea in official papers

FranceNo pay for NATO officer accused of spying for Russia

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 28.10.2024

Israel, Lebanon
War in Lebanon: France keeping an eye on Israel's naval intelligence armada

France is discreetly monitoring the IDF's deployment of underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) drones off southern Lebanon. Israel is mobilising its deep-sea ghost fleet to counter retaliatory strikes against its offshore gas fields, keep an eye on Hezbollah's naval assets and identify coastal targets.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 22.10.2024

A Rubis-class nuclear attack submarine in Toulon, in November 2005. Paris has been mobilising a submarine of this type off the coast of Lebanon in recent days.

France, United States
French military intelligence continues to rely on US group ESRI despite aiming for big data sovereignty in 2025

Although the Artemis data processing platform is due to be fully deployed in 2025, the French military intelligence service is continuing to rely on US group ESRI to analyse its geospatial intelligence data.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 16.10.2024

France
New HQs and uncertainty weigh on French intelligence in 2025 budget

Moves to new headquarters by France's foreign and domestic intelligence agencies are inflating this year's budget, while the government's interceptions unit tasked with centralising intelligence techniques by 2027 has seen its funding cut.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 15.10.2024

French PM Michel Barnier addressing the National Assembly, Paris, 8 October 2024.

Israel, Lebanon
The IDF aerial espionage armada tracking down Hezbollah

The Israeli army is using a fleet of intelligence sensors in the skies over Beirut to track down the Shiite militia's installations both above and below ground.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 07.10.2024

The Israeli army is mobilising an armada of intelligence sensors in the skies over Beirut, Lebanon.

Spotlight | France, Japan
Paris swoops in as Tokyo scrambles to plug gaps in military space capabilities

France is stepping up its efforts to develop cooperation with Japan which, having entered the space race, is now wavering over its strategy, particularly on space surveillance.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 25.09.2024

France
Military intelligence agency looks to OSINT to help track Russian interception systems

Monitoring Russia's new jamming systems, which are ever-evolving on the frontline, is critical for Western military intelligence. To this end, the French services keep track of findings from experts online and try to combine them with their own technical capabilities.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 09.09.2024

Open-source images of the Russian Murmansk-BN mobile jamming system. In the background, a map from the open source GPS Spoofing tool SKAI Data Services.

France
Paris forges ahead with New Caledonia intelligence hub despite local unrest and amid increasing US surveillance

The situation remains explosive in New Caledonia, but the French ministry of armed forces is pushing ahead with plans to build new surveillance facilities on the archipelago to gain influence in the Indo-Pacific.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 03.09.2024

French President Emmanuel Macron in Nouméa, New Caledonia, on 23 May 2024.

The Intelligence Gazette
New tandem in European Parliament, US bill for Georgia, SISSE boss under fire, bonuses frozen in Beijing

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

EuropeChristophe Gomart reconstitutes his military intelligence tandem in parliament

United StatesBill in support of Georgia mobilises intelligence agencies

FranceSenators grill SISSE economic security agency boss

ChinaOfficials' bonuses frozen in name of ‘common prosperity'

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 22.07.2024

France
Summer transfer season for France's DGSE with the CAC 40

France's external intelligence agency DGSE often supplies security executives to CAC 40 companies and the defence sector. The head of foreign intelligence security has joined Nexter, while Société Générale has recruited the number two in the service's Research and Operations Division.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 22.07.2024

After lengthy negotiations, French bank Société Générale has hired the number two in the DGSE's Research and Operations Division to head up the group's security.

France
Intelligence-gathering techniques watchdog flags persistent agency anomalies

As France heads into parliamentary elections that could put the far-right Rassemblement National party in power, the national intelligence-gathering techniques oversight body's report, out on 27 June, notes sustained anomalies in the use of intelligence tools.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 27.06.2024

Honorary councillor of state and president of the CNCTR, Serge Lasvignes.

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Direction du Renseignement Militaire

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France French intelligence community awaits ECHR ruling

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France Cyclone Chido halts French intelligence listening station in Mayotte

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France French intelligence services turn to lawmakers for legislative help

The Intelligence Gazette French Court of Auditors lifts veil on intel services, CCP's new South China Sea grab, NATO officer's pay appeal rejected

FranceCourt of Auditors puts magnifying lens to intelligence services

ChinaBeijing stakes claim over South China Sea in official papers

FranceNo pay for NATO officer accused of spying for Russia

Israel, Lebanon War in Lebanon: France keeping an eye on Israel's naval intelligence armada

France, United States French military intelligence continues to rely on US group ESRI despite aiming for big data sovereignty in 2025

France New HQs and uncertainty weigh on French intelligence in 2025 budget

Israel, Lebanon The IDF aerial espionage armada tracking down Hezbollah

Spotlight | France, Japan Paris swoops in as Tokyo scrambles to plug gaps in military space capabilities

France Military intelligence agency looks to OSINT to help track Russian interception systems

France Paris forges ahead with New Caledonia intelligence hub despite local unrest and amid increasing US surveillance

The Intelligence Gazette New tandem in European Parliament, US bill for Georgia, SISSE boss under fire, bonuses frozen in Beijing

EuropeChristophe Gomart reconstitutes his military intelligence tandem in parliament

United StatesBill in support of Georgia mobilises intelligence agencies

FranceSenators grill SISSE economic security agency boss

ChinaOfficials' bonuses frozen in name of ‘common prosperity'

France Summer transfer season for France's DGSE with the CAC 40

France Intelligence-gathering techniques watchdog flags persistent agency anomalies

The Tech Times CSO-3 set for December launch, Preligens in Kyiv, EEAS reboots classified information platform

Paris CSO-3 on track for end of 2024 launch

Kyiv Preligens seeks Ukrainian partners to improve algorithms

Brussels EEAS reboots classified information management platform

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The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

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Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

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Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Ukraine
Jamming wars

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

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

France
France's bid to boost criminal intelligence

France
French intelligence community awaits ECHR ruling

France
Much-delayed Indo-Pacific strategy finally on the horizon

Spy Way of Life | China, France, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, United States
Intelligence Online's spy gift list for the festive season

France
Cyclone Chido halts French intelligence listening station in Mayotte

France, Vietnam
French firms eye naval drones in Hanoi

Israel, Syria, Turkey
Turkish electronic warfare resources used in Syrian rebel offensive

France
French intelligence services turn to lawmakers for legislative help

The Intelligence Gazette
French Court of Auditors lifts veil on intel services, CCP's new South China Sea grab, NATO officer's pay appeal rejected

Israel, Lebanon
War in Lebanon: France keeping an eye on Israel's naval intelligence armada

France, United States
French military intelligence continues to rely on US group ESRI despite aiming for big data sovereignty in 2025

France
New HQs and uncertainty weigh on French intelligence in 2025 budget

Israel, Lebanon
The IDF aerial espionage armada tracking down Hezbollah

Spotlight | France, Japan
Paris swoops in as Tokyo scrambles to plug gaps in military space capabilities

France
Military intelligence agency looks to OSINT to help track Russian interception systems

France
Paris forges ahead with New Caledonia intelligence hub despite local unrest and amid increasing US surveillance

The Intelligence Gazette
New tandem in European Parliament, US bill for Georgia, SISSE boss under fire, bonuses frozen in Beijing

France
Summer transfer season for France's DGSE with the CAC 40

France
Intelligence-gathering techniques watchdog flags persistent agency anomalies

The Tech Times
CSO-3 set for December launch, Preligens in Kyiv, EEAS reboots classified information platform