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Finmeccanica one of the finalists for Galileo

Brussels, Belgium - It participates together with Vinci concessions and Alcatel

The European Commission will now start the "competitive negotiations" procedure to make its final choice about which group will operate the European satellite navigation system, Galileo. The three semifinalists are: Eutelsat, Inmarsat/Eads/Thales and Alcatel Space/Vinci - group that also includes Finmeccanica; the winning group will need to give 2/3 of the EUR 2.1bn necessary to guarantee the implementation...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 57934
Rome, Italy, 02/09/2004 11:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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