GALILEO/GPS DEAL
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HAULAGE companies preparing to invest in expensive global positioning navigational equipment have been assured that systems working with the European Union's (EU) GALILEO network from 2008, will work with signals from the USA's GPS. The text of a US-EU deal insists that the systems "will be fully compatible and interoperable", making their joint use and the "manufacturing of equipment much easier and cheaper."* http://www.galileoju.com
HAULAGE companies preparing to invest in expensive global positioning navigational equipment have been assured that systems working with the European Union's (EU) GALILEO network from 2008, will work with signals from the USA's GPS. The text of a US-EU deal insists that the systems "will be fully compatible and interoperable", making their joint use and the "manufacturing of equipment much easier and cheaper."* http://www.galileoju.com
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