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Laura honoris causa to Giorgio Zappa

Pisa, Italy - The hight distinction for the efforts to realize "Galileo"

Pisa University bestowed Laurea honoris causa in Aerospace Engineering on Giorgio Zappa, because of his efforts as general Director of Finmeccanica and as President of Alenia Aeronautica, to achieve the European satellite navigation system "Galileo" (see for details AVIONEWS). In his lectio doctoralis, Zappa underlined the principal applications of the new system: a free service for the mass market;...

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Rome, Italy, 02/06/2006 15:13
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