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Thales Wins Contract To Upgrade French Live Combat Training Center Instrumentation

Monday, January 30th, 2017

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Thales was awarded the CERBERE contract for an undisclosed amount to upgrade the instrumentation for the French Army’s live combat training centers, the company said Jan. 19.CERBERE aims to enable combined arms task forces to train on conditions close to those in operational deployments. The French defense procurement agency (DGA) awarded the contract to Thales and its partner RUAG Defence France at the end of 2016, the company said.France's Thales said CERBERE “enables modern armed forces to track and analyze…

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