Government to resist demands for more Galileo funds

clock

Minister says the number of satellites should be slashed to keep scheme within budget agreed in 2007

Transport minister Theresa Villiers has warned MPs that the UK will insist on keeping within Galileo's €3.4bn budget. It will achieve this by slashing the number of satellites proposed for the c...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Belfast to spearhead UK's digital revolution with £37m Digital Twin Centre

Big Data and Analytics

Aim is to foster innovation across engineering sectors

clock 02 May 2024 • 2 min read
Trade unions push for AI legislation to safeguard workers

Artificial Intelligence

AI and automation are already changing the world of work

clock 21 April 2024 • 2 min read
EU watchdog rejects Meta's 'pay for privacy' attempt

Social Networking

Can't charge for data privacy

clock 19 April 2024 • 2 min read

Sign up to our newsletter

The best news, stories, features and photos from the day in one perfectly formed email.

More on Public Sector

HMRC commits to killing legacy customs system...again

HMRC commits to killing legacy customs system...again

Thirty-year-old CHIEF system to be replaced by June

Tom Allen
clock 26 March 2024 • 2 min read
IT Essentials: Public pitfalls

IT Essentials: Public pitfalls

The private sector could shine this year, but there's a warning note

Tom Allen
clock 15 January 2024 • 3 min read
'You have to encrypt everything': Public sector security in the zero-trust age

'You have to encrypt everything': Public sector security in the zero-trust age

Years of high-profile breaches have spurred movement – at least overseas

Tom Allen
clock 18 December 2023 • 3 min read