Horizon 2020 is the next Research and Development (R&D) framework programme of the European Union, to be launched in 2014 and covering the period 2014 – 2020. Within this programme, R&D activities shall be carried out in the frame of satellite navigation.
In an interview with Enterprise & Industry Magazine, European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani explains that the Commission’s ambition to harmonise chargers has no expiration date.
The objective of this public consultation is to obtain input and a broader range of views on the way the European Commission should maximise and ensure the market uptake of GNSS downstream applications and of the European GNSS downstream applications in particular.
Counterfeiting activities account for over €200 billion in losses for the world economy and it is estimated that such losses may climb further. They harm the European economy, as they damage legitimate business and starve innovation. And fake goods compete unfairly with genuine products, putting many jobs at risk in Europe.
"It is time for the EU to have its own civil navigation system in order to avoid depending on third countries' systems", said Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP who lead the negotiations with the Council.
The Galileo European Navigation Satellite Service takes another step towards its promising future : UTC time dissemination test successfully passed.
On February 27th, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the Directorate for Research and Innovation have met.
The EC has released a new version of the EDAS Service Definition Document (EDAS SDD).
For the 10th time, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is calling for services, products, and business innovations that use satellite navigation in everyday life.
On Wednesday 3 April, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso visited the headquarters of the European Global Navigation and Satellite System (GNSS) Agency (GSA) in Prague.
The object of the present contract is to identify and to establish, according to industry accepted practices, a technical verification process for manufacturers of mass market receivers, to have their products tested and to prove that such products can properly use the EGNOS signal.
The European Commission has adopted today a Green Paper that launches a three-month public consultation on how to foster the supply of long-term financing and how to improve and diversify the system of financial intermediation for long-term investment in Europe.
The European Commission has released version 2.0 of the EGNOS SDD (Open Service Definition Document).
In its edition dated Winter 2013, SatNav News, the online publication of the FAA, describes the principles of EGNOS.
In the framework of Galileo programme the European Commission and European GNSS Agency are organizing a dedicated meeting with GNSS chipset and receiver manufacturers to be held in Brussels on the 19th of March 2013.
One week after March 12's first position fix using only Galileo satellites, results are acclaimed by the GNSS community.
Today 12 March 2013, the first four satellites of the future Galileo Satellite Navigation constellation achieved their first ever autonomous position fix.
In a "quick facts" document, the IWG (Interoperability Working Group) summarizes in a very practical way the different capabilities and a worldwide map where SBAS services are available.
The U.S.-EU Agreement on GPS-Galileo Cooperation signed in 2004 established the principles for the cooperation activities between the United States of America and the European Union in the field of satellite navigation.
