Policy preparation at the European Commission is supported by both retrospective evaluations and forward-looking impact assessments.
The Commission adopted today a European Defence Action Plan with concrete measures to support a strong and innovative European defence industry and defence capability priorities agreed by Member States. By mobilising available EU instruments it will ensure that the European defence industrial base is able to meet Europe's future security needs.
A set of recommendations to improve the access of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to cross-border defence procurement and the supply chains of large defence companies has been published.
A new version of the Ionospheric Correction Algorithm for Galileo Single Frequency Users is available in the Programme Reference Documents section under the GSC Electronic Library.
This task consists of analysing the ITU BR-IFIC publication to identify its potential impact on the European Global Satellite Navigation Systems (EGNSS) programmes Galileo and EGNOS, providing advice on EGNSS ITU Coordination requirements, and maintaining a database which tracks the ongoing progress of ITU Coordination for the EGNSS programmes.
The Commission is bringing together defence stakeholders to discuss upcoming opportunities for supporting skills at European level.
The purpose of the contract to be concluded under this call for tenders is to award a contract to contribute to the definition of a GNSS Space Service Volume, along the lines of the work being done under ICG and on the other hand.
The objective of this call is to support the organisation and management of a yearly prize competition for innovative applications based on EU GNSS technology (EGNOS and Galileo) that will promote industrial innovation and the uptake of high technologies across Europe.
The purpose of this call for tenders is to award a contract for support on the identification of requirements for a potential EGNOS V3 Maritime Safety Service based on the use of a SBAS Dual Frequency GPS/Galileo (DFDC) receiver.
The Commission is bringing together defence stakeholders to discuss upcoming opportunities for supporting skills at European level.
This call for tenders aims to award a contract to assess the potential deployment of a new, global, reliable and efficient Emergency Warning Service (EWS) based on Galileo infrastructure.
The European Commission has published the first official release of the Galileo Open Service Signal-In-Space Operational Status Definition document (OS SIS OSD, v1.1) on 5 July 2016.
On 24 May 2016, Galileo satellites 13 and 14 (codenamed Daniele and Alizée) lifted-off from the European Space Port of Kourou, French Guyana at 10:48:43 CET aboard the Soyuz VS15 flight.
Goods and technologies used for both civil and military purposes (dual-use) offer fantastic opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This edition of Business Planet looks at how to set up a project, networks and EU funding.
This evaluation study provides an extensive analysis of the implementation of the Firearms Directive, identifies gaps and provides specific recommendations for improvement directed either to the Commission, or to EU country authorities, or to both.
The objective of this consultation is to collect views and input from stakeholders and the wider public on the functioning and impact of Directive 2009/81/EC.
From 1 April to 30 June 2016, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) - the largest international competition for the commercial use of satellite navigation - will once again be looking for outstanding ideas and business models.
The EU-US Cooperation on Satellite Navigation, Working Group C – ARAIM Technical Subgroup has released its Milestone 3 Report. The report details further accomplishments in developing the concept of Advanced RAIM (ARAIM) as the future basis for multi-constellation support for global air navigation.
As users of the United States GPS system experienced timing issues on 26 January after a number of satellites broadcast incorrect coordinated universal time (UTC) correction parameters, the European system EGNOS remained stable and properly synchronised to UTC.
This workshop was aimed at space sector representatives. It was an occasion to get a better understanding about practical tools for access to finance including EFSI, COSME and Horizon 2020, both for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and bigger companies.
