The UK could withhold its licence for British companies to work on the Galileo satellite system STEPHANE CORVAJA/GETTY IMAGESMinisters are putting plans in place to block British companies from work on the EU’s Galileo satellite system, the UK Space Agency said yesterday. Companies working on satellite projects have been told that the government is likely to refuse permission for them to bid for further contracts on the satellite. This is after a hardening of position in the standoff between Brussels and London over the EU’s global positioning satellite system, which rivals the American GPS system. British officials regard this as a test of whether they can have a security relationship after Brexit, with the hard line pursued primarily by the European Commission being viewed as a bar to a strong future partnership. Yesterday Michel Barnier, the chief EU Brexit negotiator, said: “We are…

Source: The Times May 14, 2018 23:00 UTC