Brussels deploys Galileo rescue plan
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Farmers won't miss â¬2.2bn, say officials The European Union (EU) central bureaucracy has today announced its plan to save Galileo, the troubled European sat nav project. Brussels officials believe that no additional taxpayer cash would be required on top of existing EU plans, saying that funds could be reassigned from other areas.â¦
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In 'Marius' project, helicopters are used to set up temporary SMS networks in the case of a crisis.
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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¦
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Britain's finance minister said on  Wednesday he was working on a set of measures which will allow  the government to launch emergency rescues if other banks run  into trouble similar to that experienced by Northern Rock.
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Europe's proposed satellite-navigation system is in danger of running into further delays and cost overruns.
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A French satellite designed to hunt out  new planets has started work after a series of successful  tests, the European Space Agency said on Friday.
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After a journey of seven years and more than 2bn miles, a Â£1.7bn US-European mission is preparing for the unknown. Cassini, a Nasa spacecraft the size of a truck, carrying Huygens, a European robot not much
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A European satellite designed to improve weather forecasting has been given a new launch date.
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'Indispensable strategic tool' Galileo, the rolling European satnav project fracas, has hit the headlines again as parliamentarians in Brussels demand extra funds for the coming year.â¦
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Threat to imperial measures to be lifted after European commission climbdown.
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The UK government is to invest an extra Â£21m in Europe's civil satellite navigation system.
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A rescue plan aimed at saving Italian airline Alitalia is a good sign for the future of the loss-making flag carrier, the EU&#39;s top transport official has said.
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The families of elderly dementia victims are being given peace of mind by a satellite tracking system. Sufferers in a trial project have been given a special
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EU countries disagree on how to fund  the Galileo satellite navigation system in the latest sign of  disarray over the project since companies charged with building  it balked at the cost, EU sources said on Thursday.
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European system taking on US military's GPS faces collapse over multi-billion-pound deficit.
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BRUSSELS - Help Wanted: Nurses, doctors, engineers. Must be willing to live in Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, or Prague.
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NASA said Tuesday it is moving ahead with plans to send a robot to the rescue of the aging Hubble Space Telescope.