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‘Unacceptable’ lack of progress on alternative to EU’s Galileo project after Brexit, says committee.
The UK's final big industrial contribution to the EU's Galileo sat-nav system has been delivered.
The UK Space Agency rented premium office space on a six-year lease before the programme was ended in September.
The sorry tale of Britain’s as-yet-unnamed rival to the EU’s Galileo programme took another unexpected, miserable and hugely expensive turn in the past few days.
A government-backed satellite project to rival the EU’s has been scrapped and labelled nothing more than a “vanity project” by a former Tory defence minister.
The UK government’s plan to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in a satellite broadband company has been described as “nonsensical” by experts, who say the company doesn’t even make the right type of satellite the country needs after Brexit.
Ministers reportedly exploring alternatives to plan announced in 2018 to build rival to EU’s Galileo project.
PM and chancellor back purchase of 20% stake in troubled US operator OneWeb.