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Galileo: Saudi Arabia intends to participate

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - European Commission is analysing such proposal after that Israel, China, Ukraine and India joined the programme

After setting the full compatibility between the US GPS global positioning system and the European Galileo satellite system and confirming cooperation commitments by Israel, China, Ukraine and India for the production of such EU’s programme, also other countries appear particularly interested in Galileo. The most important newness currently regards the proposal put forward by Saudi Arabia which intends t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 127918
Rome, Italy, 09/29/2005 17:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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