EADS, a global aerospace and defense service company, has selected Atos Origin as a preferred supplier for engineering services. The selection has consolidated a 15 year relationship between the companies in France and Spain.

Atos will now be added to the EADS’s list of 28 global partners after making it through the company’s rigorous tender process involving 2,000 vendors. Atos is now EADS preferred supplier for engineering services which covers the purchase of more than €2 billion in engineering services a year.