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PARIS, January 21/Satnews Daily/ — Boeing
Integrated Defense Systems has awarded a study contract to Alcatel
(Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) in the frame of the US Air Force's GPS
III System Preliminary Definition phase.
Alcatel said the contract firms up last year's
discussions between Boeing and Alcatel Space to develop cooperation in
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The contract is the first
ever agreement between the European Union and the United States industry
leaders in Satellite Navigation after a EU-US high level accord signed
in June 2004.
Under the contract, Alcatel Space will define the architecture of the
GPS III global integrity as well as on the compatibility and
interoperability with the Galileo European system. As a leader in
satellite navigation systems, such as the European Prime of the EGNOS
system and the Galileo integrity solution and architecture, Alcatel
Space said it sees this contract as the first concrete step toward a
sound and positive cooperation between Europe and the US.
Boeing and Alcatel Space support the EU-US high-level agreement on GNSS,
which has been executed by the parties last June 26, 2004, the companies
said in a statement. This contract confirms the long-standing relation
of trust between Boeing and Alcatel Space, they added.
Boeing also reiterated its supports to the Eurely consortium, which has
been formed by Alcatel, Finmeccanica, Hispasat and Aena, and which has
been short-listed by the Galileo Joint Undertaking, a venture formed by
the European Union and the European Space Agency, for the purpose of
launching the Galileo program and selecting its concessionaire.
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