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The French DGA (Defence Procurement Agency) has awarded Thomson-CSF Communications two separate communications contracts.
The first contract is to launch series production of the new TRC 5010 hand-held radio for the French Army, against a total requirement for close to 20,000 radio sets. The new equipment was designed specifically by ThomsonCSF for short-range communications - a few hundred meters in urban areas and up to a kilometer in open country-within deployments of security forces, combat troops or humanitarian operations.
The TRC 5010 was developed in less than a year and draws extensively on commercial technologies. End-users were closely involved in designing ergonomics and functionalities, leading to a simplified user interface, very low volume and weight,...