The EU and US have reached agreement on most aspects of co-operation between Europe’s planned Galileo satellite navigation system and the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
After a two day meeting in Brussels, agreement was reached to adopt a common signal for certain services and to preserve national security capabilities.
The 3.6 billion euro Galileo project is expected to start operating in 2008 alongside ...
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