In 2018 the then Prime Minister Theresa May pulled the UK out of the EU's Galileo project, slamming the European Commission's decision “to bar the UK from being fully involved in developing all aspects of Galileo,” and stating it was unacceptable for London to be shut out from security discussions.
UK ministers are reportedly looking to revise plans for an independent satellite navigation system worth £5bln ($6.18 billion) that was touted in 2018 as an alternative to the EU's Galileo project, reports the Financial Times.
Sources are cited by the outlet as suggesting ministers are studying a spate of options, one of which presupposes using OneWeb. The latter is a UK satellite operator that announced bankruptcy in March, and has since reportedly offered to move its satellite production from Florida to Britain if its bid gains support from the UK government.
In 2018 the then prime minister Theresa May unveiled plans to build an independent satellite system to ensure national security if the country found itself pushed out of equal access to the EU's Galileo system post- Brexit.
The European Galileo, in turn, was conceived to rival the US Global Positioning System (GPS), a satellite-based radio-navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the US Space Force.
GPS is used for commercial, military and other critical applications.
Galileo, a multibillion-euro satellite navigation system that was launched by the…
