Examination of Witnesses (Questions 420
- 424)
WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2007
ELIZABETH DUTHIE,
NEIL ACKROYD
AND PATRICK
MCDOUGAL
Q420 Chairman: Was there not jamming
of civilian satellites on 7/11?
Ms Duthie: Yes.
Q421 Chairman: Was there an agreement
in place then and they still jammed the satellites?
Ms Duthie: They were not jamming
Galileo signals, obviously, on 7/11.
Q422 Chairman: Of course they were
not. It was not there.
Ms Duthie: The agreement covers
the conditions for the compatibility of the signals. I cannot
remember offhand whether it covers conditions for jamming but
that certainly has been one of the discussions and I can write
to you on that if that would be helpful.
Dr Harris: I think that would be helpful.
Q423 Chairman: That would be very
helpful. Could I ask you, finally, are you happy with the state
of Galileo programme at the moment? Yes or no? Do you think it
is on track?
Ms Duthie: There are a great many
challenges in the Galileo programme.
Q424 Chairman: Are you happy with
where we are at this point in time?
Ms Duthie: It would be better
if we were further along.
Mr Ackroyd: I am happier than
I was four months ago when we had not made the commitment from
Great Britain to support in the additional funding requirement.
Mr McDougal: Reasonably happy.
Chairman: On that reasonably happy note,
may I bring this session to an end. Thank you very much.
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