Chancellor says UK will build its own satellite network if banned from Galileo

Tom Allen
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Philip Hammond wants to forget rules that the UK agreed with the EU to ban non-European companies from the satellites

The government continues to stick to its guns over Brexit, with Chancellor Philip Hammond recently saying that the UK could build its own satellite navigation network if Brussels blocks access to t...

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