Galileo Contractors' List Narrowed To Eleven

摘要

The European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have selected 11 applicants out of the 21 that applied to build or supply various aspects of Galileo under the commission's procurement plan.rnThe Galileo procurement plan, unveiled in July, includes the following six work packages: system support, ground mission segment, ground control segment, space segment (satellites), launch services, and operations. The ESA is managing the procurement process in coordination with the EC, the official contracting authority.rnPaul Verhoef, the EC's head of unit for Galileo, said during thernSeptember 15-16 CGSIC meeting that preceded of the Institute of Navigation GNSS conference that Europe had completed the first phase of the procurement process, and would make an announcement by the end of the week.