Thales

France, UAE
New French space diplomat arrives as UAE sector picks up pace

The French embassy in Abu Dhabi has appointed a new space adviser to develop bilateral cooperation in the sector. The deep-pocketed UAE has grand plans for its space industry and numerous players are eager to seize those emerging opportunities.

Vietnam
Drones, antennae, jammers: Hanoi ready to spend on electronic warfare equipment

Several invitations to tender have recently been issued by the Vietnamese general staff. Big international companies specialising in electronic warfare are ready and waiting.

France, Israel, Vietnam
French embassy pushing Airbus for new Vietnam spy satellite despite bumpy past

France has renewed hopes of selling an observation satellite to Vietnam, but the new corruption trial in absentia of businesswoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan in Hanoi could bring back bad memories.

France
Cyber contract specialist Pierre Jeanne takes helm at Suneris

Suneris Solution, Thales's cyber intelligence subsidiary, is continuing its revamp within the French defence group. The company has been in decline since it was acquired in 2019.

France
Completion of new DGSE headquarters recedes ever further into the future

The date for installation of France's external intelligence service, the DGSE, in its new headquarters in Vincennes on the eastern edge of Paris keeps being put back. Initially programmed for 2028, it is not now expected to take place until 2031, at the earliest.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ex-MI5 boss opens firm, CIA vet at Forward, GardaWorld, John Reid Advisory

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonFormer MI5 boss opens own firm at last

WashingtonEx-CIA officer joins Forward Risk and Intelligence

Tripoli/LondonGardaWorld keeps FCDO contract despite mishaps in Libya

LondonEx-interior minister under Blair offers his expertise to Aeralis

France
French justice ministry's PNIJ intercept platform shunned by investigators

France's agency for digital judicial investigation techniques and the justice ministry are trying to limit circumvention of the PNIJ national digital interceptions platform. With private providers improving their solutions, in-house modules are also being developed and pressure put on magistrates to change their habits.

Israel
Israeli army choses new sovereign supplier to replace vulnerable Chinese tactical drones

Faced with an onslaught of jamming and interception operations carried out by Hamas and Hezbollah on its Chinese-made tactical UAVs, the IDF has picked a new sovereign supplier, the drone manufacturer Xtend.

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
Former British Qatari army consultant strengthens bargaining power with Saudi government

With former UK defence minister Ben Wallace now on his payroll, British consultant Harold Thomsett, head of PR firm CTRD, has boosted his position in Riyadh.