EADS and Thales in French geomatics deal

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by Staff Writers Paris (UPI) Apr 28, 2010 The French defense procurement agency DGA awarded a $35 million contract to EADS Defense & Security and Thales to produce and support two sets of deployable geographic modules. EADS DS, as a prime contractor in cooperation with Thales, will develop the MGPs for the 28th Geographic Group of the French army.
The MGPs will allow the updating of field maps through a single cartographic access point by troops deployed on a mission or in the field, a statement by EADS said. It will complement the 3-D digital geographical data program developed in France for mass production of geographical information.