EU monies 'should fund Galileo'
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The European Commission will set out proposals to get the Galileo satellite navigation system back on track.
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European government and industry officials have begun to doubt whether a political consensus exists in Europe to complete the Galileo satellite navigation system.
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As European Union governments consider how to get the problem-plagued Galileo satellite navigation system into orbit, one EU official who has been there has simple advice &#151; do it fast, or else the Chinese will steal the show.
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Eurocrats not quite as enthusiastic US negotiators in Brussels expect to reach agreement with the European Union within a week regarding cooperative use of the American Global Positioning System (GPS) and the EU's proposed Galileo sat-nav constellations.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - South Korea has made good on a promise to cooperate with the European Union on the latter'sÂ Galileo satellite navigation system. The two signed an agreement in Helsinki Monday that opens the door to South Korea's active participation in the program. The Asian nation could work with the EU on several areas including scientific research and training, industrial cooperation, trade and market development, standards, certification, and regulatory measures, the two parties said in a statement. Galileo is a EU-backed satellite navigation system that will provide a higher grade of service than the U.S. government's GPS (global positioning system). The EU has developed the system for commercial applications, unlike GPS which was developed primarily for military applications and doesn't come with any guarantee of continued availability for civilian use. Galileo will transmit signals that are compatible with GPS. A number of non-EU nations have signed on to the program. Cooperation agreements have been concluded with China, Israel, the U.S., Ukraine, India, and Morocco and others are in preparation, the EC said in June. Â
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union is seeking comments on the possible uses of its planned Galileo satellite navigation system, which is being developed at a cost of about $4.8 billion to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System.
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Kvasio writes "As several sites reported , the court of appeal in Munich (Germany) has ruled that EADS Astrium GmbH - a German unit of EU's satellite navigation local system could not name its products Galileo.
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As European Union ministers consider how to get the problem-plagued Galileo satellite navigation system into orbit, one man who has been there had some simple advice &#151; do it fast, or the Chinese will steal the show.
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Next year the European Union is to give Malta â¬35,000 (Euros) for animal disease testing - the Maltese Agricultural Authorities will test cattle and sheep for BSE.
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GPS service will get full public funding under a proposal by the European Commission.
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European ministers conceded failure  on Friday in their search for private funding for the  struggling Galileo satellite navigation system and said they  would have to cough up more cash from public coffers.
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By JAN SLIVA LUXEMBOURG - As European Union ministers consider how to get the problem-plagued Galileo satellite navigation system into orbit, one man who has been there had some simple advice - do it fast, or the Chinese will steal the show.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Union will provide a sizeable amount of money to research groups this year as part of a multiyear program to spur research in new information and communications technologies. More than 2,000 ICT researchers met Thursday in Cologne, Germany, to learn how they can participate in the E.U.'s 7th Framework Program for research and development, with a budget of â¬50 billion ($65 billion) through 2013. ICT research accounts for the lion's share of the framework budget at â¬9.1 billion, with â¬1.2 billion to be allocated this year. The E.U. is keen to fund research in areas where the region has a technological edge, including communications, software systems, networked media, and embedded systems. The European government also hopes to speed innovation in areas where companies in the region could gain a competitive edge, such as next-generation Internet technology. Early E.U. investment in digital mobile communications, the Brussels government is quick to point out, led to the development and worldwide adoption of the GSM standard, the most widely used mobile phone system in the world. Research organizations across Europe are encouraged to establish a research priority, form a consortium, and apply for funding. The E.U., which launched a call for proposals on Dec. 22, will accept proposals through May 8. While researchers team up in Cologne, other partnerships are already taking shape in the ICT area. Under aÂ new strategy for funding technology research announced in November, the E.U. has agreed to pool its vast resources with those from private industry and individual member states in a public-private partnership. The plan calls for technology companies and research institutes to marry their own R&DÂ investments with additional funds from the member states and the E.U. through new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI). The first JTI, called Artemis, is focused on embedded systems, an area signaled by European ministers as being of strategic importance for Europe's economy. European industry's own research investment in this area is estimated at around â¬15 billion to â¬20 billion per year. Â
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L'eurogoverno esaminera' la decisione presa dai giudici
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The government is to produce an annual statement on EU spending in the UK in a bid to improve taxpayers' confidence.
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Let's get connected The European Commission has pledged â¬78m to fund research projects into tailoring computer grid technologies and services to meet the needs of European businesses.â¦
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Orbital gravy train off the rails The British government has responded to MPs' concerns regarding the ongoing Galileo Euro sat nav programme. In the view of Her Majesty's ministers the scheme can't be stopped, so there isn't much point arguing about it.â¦