Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, will supply the French armed forces with advanced identification systems used to prevent friendly fire. The French defence procurement agency, DGA, recently awarded the company a contract to supply 150 units of its MSR 1000 I interrogator for short-range identification friend or foe (IFF). The first units will be delivered by mid-2014. They are destined for installation on the army's Mistral missile launchers and Martha air defence command-and-control stations, as well as on the armoured launch vehicles of the air force's Crotale NG missile.

Source: Flight Daily News