"Funding for the UK's own satellite navigation system to rival the European Union's Galileo project is expected to be announced.
It comes after the UK was told it would not be able to access the EU-wide programme after Brexit next March."
Linky
"The UK has already spent 1.4bn euros (£1.2bn) on Galileo, Europe's answer to the US GPS system.
Costs for a UK-only sat-nav system are likely to run to several billion pounds."
Of course as mentioned before, where do we get the rockets to launch the satellites?
The answer...
"We cannot launch yet, although obviously we are trying to address that, but this is something we think is in the realm of the credible"
"Furthermore, the system would be built to the specifications of just one country rather than needing to fulfil the requirements of all the EU's member states."
So who else would buy into it, given that there is an oversupply of existing systems?
Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving!
It comes after the UK was told it would not be able to access the EU-wide programme after Brexit next March."
Linky
"The UK has already spent 1.4bn euros (£1.2bn) on Galileo, Europe's answer to the US GPS system.
Costs for a UK-only sat-nav system are likely to run to several billion pounds."
Of course as mentioned before, where do we get the rockets to launch the satellites?
The answer...
"We cannot launch yet, although obviously we are trying to address that, but this is something we think is in the realm of the credible"
"Furthermore, the system would be built to the specifications of just one country rather than needing to fulfil the requirements of all the EU's member states."
So who else would buy into it, given that there is an oversupply of existing systems?
Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving!