U.S. warns EU against making Galileo mandatory

The U.S. government has alerted the European Union that any preferential treatment the EU gives to its Galileo positioning, navigation and timing network will likely violate World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements signed by the United States and the 28-nation EU.

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The second Horizon 2020 (H2020) call for Applications in Satellite Navigation, managed by the European GNSS Agency, is offcially open. With a budget of EUR 25 million for the 2015 call, the deadline for submitting proposals is 8 April 2015.

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