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Thales and Airbus Defence and Space to make maps for French military

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The French National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information (IGN) has awarded the Thales-Airbus Defence and Space consortium a six-year contract to produce maps for the French military.

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By National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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340th EARS refuels French Mirage 2000Ds over Iraq

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A French Mirage 2000D flies over Iraq April 8, 2016. The President has authorized U.S. Central Command to work with partner nations to conduct targeted airstrikes of Iraq and Syria as part of the comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released)
A French Mirage 2000D flies over Iraq April 8, 2016. The President has authorized U.S. Central Command to work with partner nations to conduct targeted airstrikes of Iraq and Syria as part of the comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released)

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