LONDON – Britain is to start work on its own satellite navigation system torival the European Union’s Galileo project because the UK’s access tosensitive security information could be restricted after Brexit, the SundayTelegraph reported.
Galileo, a 10 billion euro ($11.44 billion) satellite program beingdeveloped by the EU as a rival to the U.S. Global Positioning System, hasemerged as a flashpoint between Britain and the EU, which is alreadybeginning to treat Britain as an outsider.
Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond has approved 100 million poundsto explore a post-Brexit satellite system and an official announcement willbe made this week, the Sunday Telegraph reported.