Jean, I hope that you are right in your optimism. The big plus and probable saviour I can see is that China has, or is committed, to add considerable funds to the project and money definitely talks - especially seeing as how all the GPS units would be made there anyway and they would undoubtedly recover the money via licensing deals.
However, I see the Americans going into protectionist mode especially with the airlines and legislating against the use of Galileo equipment in US airspace or some other equally nefarious reason. There is a similar battle going on at present with regards to transponders carried on ALL aircraft large or small, which according to new European directives have to possess a "Mode Charlie" which effectively transmits altitude information from the year 2010 (I think). The proposed new European Mode C however is ever so slightly different to the American standard but different enough to render the old "Mode C" inadequate - not useless. All the EU private flyers are currently kicking their heels to see which side wins before investing in what is an expensive piece of kit! It could be an interesting battle though! Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Laeremans Sent: 09 November 2007 09:41 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] GPS On 11/9/07, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean, > I know it's a good idea just in case the yanks decide to turn off their > system but I think this project is probably doomed to failure due to > bureaucratic bungling, increased costs and a lack of commitment - even > though it may well potentially be a superior system. Nope, last i heard funds have been released from some other project and a go ahead has been given. Btw it is a superior system . Just checked : "Although a decision was yet to be reached, EU countries on Friday the 13th of July 2007 [6] discussed cutting €548m ($755m, £370m) from the union's competitiveness budget for next year and shift some of that cash to other parts of the financing pot, a move that could meet part of the cost of the union's Galileo satellite navigation system. European Union research and development projects could be scrapped to overcome a funding shortfall for Europe's rival to the US GPS." This has been done by now A+ jml [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
