Professor Vidal Ashkenazi, who in 2003 helped lay the groundwork for what would become Galileo, was recently named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his service to science.

With many chipset manufacturers already offering Galileo-enabled products and many devices progressively using them, users can already take advantage of the positioning, navigation and timing information provided by Galileo Initial Services.

In addition to hosting the 11th meeting of the RNAV Approach implementation Support Group (RAiSG 11) at its Prague headquarters, the GSA and Euocontrol also organised a meeting dedicated to highlighting the many aviation-related projects that it oversees.

The ESCAPE project, jointly funded by the European Commission and GSA, aims to develop the first multi-constellation Galileo chipset receiver with multi-frequency capability specifically adapted to such road applications as autonomous vehicles.