EU's satellite navigation system loses its way
BRUSSELS: Talk to satellite officials in Brussels and the mood is one of frustration and bitterness. The reason is that the European Union's most ambitious technological project, a satellite navigation system designed to provide users with unprecedented accuracy, faces disaster.
Galileo, as it is called, was supposed to have challenged the Pentagon's Global Positioning System. There were even hopes it would eventually provide a crucial security component for Europe's defense ambitions. Galileo, alas, has become mired in vicious disputes among the eight companies chosen to build and operate the system.
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As expected as the sunrise. But at least the Europeans know where that's going to be in the sky.
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