DCS A-10C Origins?

This should probably go in the chit-chat section but I figure it's better here. How did the A-10C module start? Did ED just want to make it or did they have some kind of contract? I just feel like I heard somewhere that they had a simulation contract.

It was used to show pilots who start out training on a basic version all the upgrades that came with A-10C.

From the official DCS:A-10C manual:

The decision to model the A-10C was driven by several factors:

 The Fighter Collection / Eagle Dynamics has been developing a high-fidelity Desk Top Simulation (DTS) of the A-10C for the U.S. Air National Guard for the past several years, giving us a tremendous access to A-10C information. We were fortunate enough to work out an agreement with our client to release an entertainment version of this simulation.

 When we create a module for DCS, it is very important for us to create it at the highest level of fidelity. We call this "The DCS Standard". Given our DTS experience with the A-10C, we had the data and the means to meet this standard, unlike other aircraft that the data is simply not available for.

 Continuing the work already established in DCS: Black Shark, we wanted to improve the Close Air Support (CAS) environment, but we wanted to introduce a fixed-wing aircraft into DCS. The A-10C was the perfect choice.

 The A-10C is just a cool aircraft! The combination of the 30 mm cannon, low-level tank-busting, the recent digitization of the aircraft in the A-10 "Charlie" and the addition of targeting pod and GPS weapons, and glass cockpit, make the A-10C an incredibly entertaining aircraft to fly and fight in.

 There are few modern aircraft that have the visual and name recognition of the A-10 Warthog.

 A high-fidelity A-10 simulation has been a long time in coming. Although A-10 simulations were in work by both EA/Jane’s Combat Simulations and Microprose, both of those projects failed to see the light of day. We hope that Warthog fills this desire for simmers to fly the Hog.