Britain should shelve plans for new GPS system
Date: Friday, November 01 @ 08:56:45 UTC Topic:
A satellite expert has warned the Government that it should drop plans for a full-blown British satmap system as the proposals were based entirely on national pride.
The system that would rival the EU's Galileo navigation network could instead piggyback on Skynet 6, a MOD defence program, thus saving the tax-payers billions says Dr Stuart Eves, a satellite systems engineer whose has worked at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, Astrium and the Ministry of Defence.
Source: gpsdaily.com
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