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سوف يقوم الجيش البريطاني بالابتعاد وترك نظام التتبع الاوروبي جاليلوا بسبب البريكست الاوروبي علما بأن تكلفة جاليلوا 10 بليون يورو
Britain will walk away from the military aspects of the €10bn European Galileo satellite navigation system over fears that it would not be able to influence the programme’s development after the UK leaves the EU, the government has announced.
The UK will instead pursue building its own secure global satellite navigation system which will be compatible with the US Global Positioning System, prime minister Theresa May confirmed on Friday.
The decision will be a blow for Britain’s space industry, which had hoped that a compromise might be reached. Several UK-based companies have been closely involved in the development of Galileo, which was launched in 2003 as the world’s first civil-run satellite navigation system.
Both Galileo and the earth observation programme Copernicus, on which talks are continuing, had been seen as important to meeting the UK’s ambition to generate £40bn in sales from the space sector by 2030. Britain has left open the possibility of using the civilian aspects of Galileo.
Mrs May, who is in Argentina for a G20 summit, blamed the decision on the European Commission’s persistent refusal to allow the UK access to Galileo’s secure elements once its leaves the EU.
“I have been clear from the outset that the UK will remain firmly committed to Europe’s collective security after Brexit,” Mrs May said.
“But given the commission’s decision to bar the UK from being fully involved in developing all aspects of Galileo it is only right that we find alternatives. I cannot let our armed forces depend on a system we cannot be sure of. That would not be in our national interest.”
Whether Britain could retain access to Galileo’s secure public regulated service (PRS), an encrypted military grade signal, post-Brexit has been one of the most contentious issues during the withdrawal negotiations.
Under EU rules, non-member states cannot be involved in the development of PRS. The rules allow for such countries’ armed forces to use PRS with a security agreement but London has argued that it also needs oversight of the technology and its future development if it is to have confidence in the security of the system.
https://www.ft.com/content/da53b36e-f4ad-11e8-ae55-df4bf40f9d0d
