Galileo Bidders Face Extremely light Timetable

摘要

While negotiations with the three consor-tia bidding to operate Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system as a profit-making business have not even started, the selection of a winning team will have to be concluded by December, European government officials said. Government and industry officials involved in the negotiations agreed that the schedule is unrealistic and will result in shortcuts that could undermine the program later on. But they also said they had no idea how to slow down the process.