GALILEO NAVIGATION SERVICES THREATENED BY CONTRACTOR SQUABBLES
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has acted to shore up the shaky future of EU global positioning satellite network Galileo, which has been designed to offer hauliers reliable high-tech navigation services from 2010. Squabbles amongst the consortium chosen to build Galileo's network and satellites over allocation of work have been highlighted in a report to the EU Council of Ministers from Barrot, who voiced "concern" over "the status of concession negotiations." The consortium includes TeleOp (Germany), EADS Astrium ...
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