4 days agoBritain aims to build satellite system worth 3 billion pounds
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Great Britain will start working on its satellite navigation system in response to the European Union's Galileo project. It decided to take this action, as according to Reuters, its access to confidential intelligence could be limited after Brex. Galileo is an EU-funded satellite system worth ten billion [...]
It decided to take this action, as according to Reuters, its access to confidential intelligence could be limited after Brex.
Galileo is an EU-funded satellite system worth ten billion euros and is a response to the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
British Finance Minister Philip Hammond approved 100 million pounds to explore the satellite system that will be established after Brex.
Reuters says the European Commission has already begun to exclude Britain from classified works in Galileo, broadcast kp.
The EU satellite system started building in 2003 and should be completed in 2020.
The EU has earlier announced that Britain will be able to use Galileo's open signal, but there is a possibility that the British military will be prevented from using encrypted channels when Galileo is ready to work.
