EADS to supply digital map generators for Eurofighter and Tornado

Orders worth more than EUR 50 million

EADS is to equip the Eurofighter combat aircraft of Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Italy and Austria as well as the Tornado combat aircraft of the German Armed Forces with a total of 364 Digital Map Generator systems (DMG). As the company announced on Thursday, orders worth a total of approximately EUR 50 million have been placed with EADS Defence Electronics.

Digital map generators create raster and vector maps of the relevant operational area for the pilot in the cockpit, the display – from the point of view of the flight direction – appearing in real time. In addition, the generators allow information relevant to the flight (e.g. flight corridors or approach and departure procedures) to be overlaid. A further benefit for the pilots is that tactical information, such as the current deployment situation, is automatically displayed via the digital map. Moreover, radar images generated by the airborne radar system can be displayed on the map. The delivery time for the generators ordered ranges between 2006 and 2012 and secures the future of highly qualified staff at EADS Defence Electronics.

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