ASD: satellite navigation system Galileo is moving ahead. European Transport Council Ministers agreed tendering rules regarding industrial work for the Galileo Satellite network.

This follows a decision by Ecofin Ministers on the 23rd of November to finance Galileo through the European Union budget, in agreement with the European Parliament.

ASD, the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe welcomes the agreement by European Transport Ministers to support Galileo, the European Union's  allowing the project to now move ahead by approving an industrial tendering plan on the Satellite system among EU member states.

Twenty-six out of twenty-seven European Transport Ministers voted in favour of the tendering plan, proposed by the European Commission.

The ASD Director of Space Jean-Jacques Tortora commenting on the recent EU support for Galileo said: ‘This paves the way for the autonomy of Europe, regarding positioning and navigation by satellite. This decision is the first concrete application of the recently agreed European space policy.'

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