Greetings,
THALES Avionics is deeply involved in MLS, from ground station, to FMS2 (BA A320) MLS page and function, and gets its knowledge form military...
The problem of the civilian MLS Hibernation comes from the fact that unfortunately ONLY BA was/is fighting for it, other Airlines are just dormant

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to go back to the subject, why dont you contact them, they are nice, and might help you in your endeavor.