OHB Technology is bidding against a much larger consortium to build 28 Galileo navigation satellites as a signal to European governments that the company should be viewed as a prime contractor, OHB Chief Executive Marco Fuchs said. But while the Bremen, Germany-based company intends to pursue the Galileo competition to the end, it is concerned that its bid may be used simply to prevent the competing consortium, led by Astrium Satellites, from bidding an overly high price. "Obviously we are the outsider, that's clear," Fuchs said here Oct. 1 at the International Astronautical Congress. "The biggest concern we have is: Are we reallyjust a rabbit to help get a lower price from Astrium?" OHB has teamed with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. of Britain in its bid to build 28 Galileo satellites.
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