Brussels, 26/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - As planned, the European Commission announced on Tuesday 26 October that a fourth contract, out of a total of six, would be signed on procurement of full operations capability for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite programme (see EUROPE 10242). On that occasion, Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani strongly denied reports in the press which stated there were extra costs for the Galileo project amounting to €20 billion.
The contract signed...