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FKM21 - 19970213 - FRANKFURT/MAIN, GERMANY : File picture dated 13 February 1997 of head of German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) Manfred Bischof. DaimlerChrysler said Thursday 14 October 1999 that its aerospace unit DASA would merge with French Aerospatiale-Matra to form the third-biggest air and defence group in the world. The Franco-German cooperation, to be called European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company (EADS), will have revenues of about 21 billion euros (22.5 billion dollars) and employ more than 89,000 people. EPA PHOTO DPA/FRANK MAECHLER/tm-cl