Israel Gets access to New Galileo Satellite System

By Amihai Zippor

At a recent ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel signed a Cooperation Agreement for the European Union’s Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The agreement opens up the soon-to-be completed Galileo global satellite system to academia and the aerospace industry in the Jewish state. On hand at the event were Yaakov Peri, Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology, and Space, and Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission on Industry and Entrepreneurship.

“[This agreement] shows our mutual admiration for each other’s research and development capabilities. GPS capabilities have become a major part of our lives, and this agreement will lead to strategic, security, and economic cooperation between Israel and the EU in the coming years,” Peri said….

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