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UK will no longer seek access to secure aspects of Galileo

Homeland December 6, 2018

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has confirmed the UK will not use Galileo for defence or critical national infrastructure after Brexit. Instead, the UK will explore options to build its own Global Navigation Satellite System that can help guide military drones, run energy networks and provide essential services for civilian smart ...

Space Odyssey: Preserving UK security post-Brexit

Homeland September 26, 2018

As much of the country braces for Brexit, the UK government has unveiled a £92 million investment package to develop a state-of-the-art alternative to the European Union’s Galileo satellite system.  The investment package, which comes courtesy of the £3 billion Brexit readiness fund announced last year, is to be rolled out over the coming months.  Satellite navigation systems like GPS have a myriad military and commercial applications, from shepherding aircraft, ships and emergency ...

Leonardo chosen by the ESA as cyber security partner

Homeland October 2, 2017

Leonardo has announced it has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study into the management of data security for the Galileo European navigation satellite programme. Announcing the news at the Cybertech Europe conference in Rome, the Company will support the ESA by defining a state-of-the-art security monitoring ...

ASPIRE: protecting the UK from GNSS threats

December 23, 2016

The Galileo system provides Europe and the UK with Global Navigation Satellite System data for military, critical national infrastructure and blue light services. Here, Nigel Davies, Head of Secured Navigation at QinetiQ, explains the increasing threat to GNSS and how QinetiQ is helping tackle them. Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) ...