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Read the articlePředseda vlády Andrej Babiš na svých pracovních návštěvách v Bavorsku (25. července) a Itálii (28. srpna) probral se svými protějšky, bavorským ministerským předsedou Markusem Söderem a italským premiérem Giuseppem Contem, mimo jiné také problematiku vzájemné spolupráce v oblasti kosmických aktivit.
Akce proběhne 9.9. 2018 v Praze na Ladronce a vstupné je ZDARMA. Dětem bude zábavnou formou přiblížen život s handicapem, kde se zmíní důležitost preventivného přítupu ke všem aktivitám a budou připravena i různá stanoviště s úkoly, kde si děti vyzkouší jízdu na ručních kolech, invalidních vozíčkách, atp. V rámci akce bude připraven závod pro... View Article
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Akce proběhne 9.9. 2018 v Praze na Ladronce a vstupné je ZDARMA. Dětem bude zábavnou formou přiblížen život s handicapem, kde se zmíní důležitost preventivného přítupu ke všem aktivitám a budou připravena i různá stanoviště s úkoly, kde si děti vyzkouší jízdu na ručních kolech, invalidních vozíčkách, atp. V rámci akce bude připraven závod pro... View Article
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Akce proběhne 9. 9. 2018 v Praze na Ladronce. Vstupné je zdarma. Pořadatel přiblíží zábavnou formou dětem život s handicapem, zmíní důležitost preventivního přístupu ke všem aktivitám. Pro děti bude mít připravená různá stanoviště s úkoly, kde si zájemci vyzkouší jízdu na ručních kolech, invalidních vozíčcích atp.Také je připraven závod pro handicapované děti na handbiku.... View Article
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Agriculture is one of the main sectors to benefit from synergies between the flagship EU Space Programmes EGNOS, Galileo and Copernicus, with European-GNSS and Earth Observation technologies being leveraged to implement the Common Agricultural Policy. Representatives from national Paying Agencies, the European Commission, ESA and the GSA came together in a Learning Network Meeting of Directors of Paying Agencies and Coordinating Bodies, in Brussels on 10 July.
Agriculture is an important pillar of the EU economy, and one of the EU’s oldest policies - the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - supports farmers and helps safeguard Europe’s food security. The aims of the CAP include improving agricultural productivity so as to feed more people with limited resources, tackling climate change, supporting the sustainable management of natural resources and maintaining rural areas and landscapes across the EU.
The European Commission has started to revise the CAP to make it fit-for-purpose post-2020, and MEPs have called for a more forward-looking policy that will allow farmers to benefit fully from the potential of EU space technology.
Michael Niejahr, Director for legal, institutional and procedural matters at DG AGRI, stressed the importance of space technology for the future of agriculture in the EU. “The EU needs innovative solutions to improve the sustainability and efficiency of its agricultural sector and the EU Space Programmes hold a lot of potential in this regard, allowing farmers to improve the sustainability of their processes through precision farming techniques, and helping make the CAP future-proof,” he said.
Read this: Agriculture - A new frontier for European space policy
Innovative applications
If the goals of the CAP are to be achieved the agriculture sector will have to embrace innovation, including the effective solutions offered by space. The EU’s Space Programmes provide innovative applications that optimise agricultural production in Europe by making it more precise, sustainable and cost effective. The monitoring capabilities of Copernicus and the geo-tagging of E-GNSS (Galileo and EGNOS) can be combined to provide effective solutions for farmers to streamline their processes.
Speaking at a network meeting session on the use of new technologies for monitoring in the agriculture sector, GSA Market Development Officer Reinhard Blasi noted that synergies between the EU Space Programmes could potentially transform farming, bringing multiple benefits.
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Tamper-proof technology
“The use of Sentinel data from Copernicus is possible within the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) of the CAP’s Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS),” Blasi said, adding that, when combined with E-GNSS in geo-tagged applications, this would reduce the need for intrusive on-the-spot checks. “Every farmer can benefit from E-GNSS in geo-tagging for aid applications and from crowd-sourcing of farm advice services,” he said.
Galileo’s higher accuracy empowers farmers to measure and geotag their fields themselves, and is a more robust solution, thanks to Galileo signal authentication. Furthermore, Copernicus field delineation is to be automated for claims under the CAP. This makes it easier for famers to take advantage of the EU Space Programmes, allowing many more farmers to benefit. Nine million farmers in the EU could potentially benefit from synergies between Galileo and Copernicus.
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Read the articleBentley Systems announces enhancements to its latest release of SACS CONNECT Edition, an offshore structural analysis application that offers fully automated and integrated 3D modeling, analysis and design to efficiently manage large, complex models for the evolving digitalization in the offshore market.
This new release of SACS includes capabilities that help eliminate disjointed workflows and data, enhances interoperability with other applications, ensures safe structural performance during extreme events, and removes the need for a separate finite element analysis (FEA) application. Also, with extended analytical cloud services for SACS Wind Turbine, engineers can perform multiple wind turbine structural analyses in parallel in minutes rather than days.
Bentley’s SACS CONNECT Edition now offers:
A unique, combined results database that saves time and eliminates disjointed workflows by combining the results of multiple design phases from independent analyses into a single unified visualization to enable holistic interrogation and design review across all phases simultaneously. (See infographic and related video)
A new, advanced collapse solver for non-linear analysis and design, which ensures more realistic structural performance during extreme events, such as hurricanes, and allows for more accurate predictions in regard to lateral torsional buckling. (See related video)
Joint meshing and automatic stress concentration factor (SCF) extraction to speed up non-tubular fatigue joint design. With this new FEA in SACS, users no longer need a separate FEA application, such as ANSYS. This all-in-one application saves a tremendous amount of time, money, and eliminates the need for multiple software application investments. (See related video)
Intra-operability between SACS – AutoPIPE delivers shorter design cycles and up to 90 percent reduction in project non-conformances now using Bentley’s ISM technology. This replaces traditional manual methods by electronically transferring pipe support loads to the structural model and integrated structural – piping models for more accurate design loading and engineering collaboration (See related Tech Talk video)
Analytical cloud services for SACS Wind Turbine that leverage the power of high-performance parallel computing on the cloud so that wind turbine structural analysis can be performed in minutes rather than days. This enables faster, more robust analysis of turbine structures subject to wind and wave loading. It also allows engineers to consider thousands of loading scenarios to find the optimal design.
Wilson John, structural integrity engineer with Zakum Development Company said, “SACS software, and its tailor-made enhancements, is a very useful tool for structural integrity engineers where a quick workable solution is required in the shortest possible time.”
Raoul Karp, VP of Design Engineering Analysis with Bentley Systems, said, “SACS CONNECT Edition V12 is the most significant release we have made in years. The challenging oil market has forced the industry to seek ever more productive and cost-effective workflows and explore new complementary business opportunities. SACS V12 offers industry leading enhancements in improved workflow productivity, all-in-one advanced analysis capabilities, and cloud solutions to democratize access to comprehensive offshore wind turbine capabilities. More than ever our users can rely on SACS as the most comprehensive offshore structural analysis application to increase their efficiency, save time, and deliver safe projects on-time and on-budget.”
About SACS
SACS helps engineers improve design quality and predict offshore structural performance using a unified analysis environment that enables the efficient exploration of alternatives. Users can streamline processes with automated structural workflows to apply specialized analyses essential to any offshore project. This includes nonlinear structural analysis and dynamic response analysis due to environmental loads, impact effects, and severe accidental loading. Operational safety is improved by allowing engineers to analyze ship impact and dropped objects, and minimize risk through offshore-specific load generation. Engineers can efficiently visualize complex structural response via interactive graphical review of analysis and fatigue, thus avoiding rework and project delays. Learn more about SACS.
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Read the articleAgriculture and Space Day, to be held in Brussels on September 5, will showcase how Europe’s space programme is revolutionising agricultural production, making it more efficient and reducing the environmental impact of the sector.
The Agriculture and Space Day event, which will take place in the garden of the Belgian Natural Science Museum from 12:00 to 14:30 on Wednesday September 5, will include live demonstrations of farming technology that uses the European satellite systems to increase productivity, preserve biodiversity and minimise the use of herbicides and pesticides.
Read this: Agriculture: A new frontier for European space policy
Participants in the event will have the opportunity to take a seat in the latest farming equipment and see for themselves how the precision farming sector is benefitting from space technology. They will also learn how European GNSS signals are being combined with Earth Observation data from Copernicus to provide farmers with the information they need to make their operations more efficient.
Many benefits
“As an early adopter of EGNOS, agriculture was one of the first sectors to benefit from the European space programme. Now, thanks to precision farming powered by Galileo and EGNOS, European farmers are maximising yields, increasing productivity, and lowering their environmental impact through optimised use of fertilisers and herbicides,” GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides said, adding that Agriculture and Space Day would showcase state-of-the art technology that will ensure that farmers continue to reap the benefits of space.
Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General of Copa and Cogeca, the united voice of EU’s farmers and agri-cooperatives added: “Enhanced use of satellites and new technologies will fuel the advancement of precision farming in the EU, bringing many benefits for the farmers and rural economies, agri-cooperatives, the environment and ultimately for the consumer. Further development of precision farming will also help modernise the sector and cut the administrative burden. We are therefore very happy to further develop our collaboration with the GSA to make the EU’s agriculture sector more resilient and dynamic.”
Amazing accuracy
The event will showcase how the EU space programmes, particularly EGNOS and Galileo, are being used to track livestock with amazing accuracy, to precisely steer machinery autonomously in the field, and to help farmers reduce their use of agrochemicals. The space programmes also contribute to sustainable supply chain management by helping track the exact origin of food from farm to fork, and much more.
With its hands-on demonstrations and presentations, Agriculture and Space Day will provide a comprehensive overview of how the synergies between Europe’s space programmes are being leveraged to the benefit not only of farmers, but also of the wider community, by helping to protect our countryside.
Registration for the event is now open. To register, click here.
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Agriculture and Space Day, to be held in Brussels on September 5, will showcase how Europe’s space programme is revolutionising agricultural production, making it more efficient and reducing the environmental impact of the sector.
The Agriculture and Space Day event, which will take place in the garden of the Belgian Natural Science Museum from 12:00 to 14:30 on Wednesday September 5, will include live demonstrations of farming technology that uses the European satellite systems to increase productivity, preserve biodiversity and minimise the use of herbicides and pesticides.
Read this: Agriculture: A new frontier for European space policy
Participants in the event will have the opportunity to take a seat in the latest farming equipment and see for themselves how the precision farming sector is benefitting from space technology. They will also learn how European GNSS signals are being combined with Earth Observation data from Copernicus to provide farmers with the information they need to make their operations more efficient.
Many benefits
“As an early adopter of EGNOS, agriculture was one of the first sectors to benefit from the European space programme. Now, thanks to precision farming powered by Galileo and EGNOS, European farmers are maximising yields, increasing productivity, and lowering their environmental impact through optimised use of fertilisers and herbicides,” GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides said, adding that Agriculture and Space Day would showcase state-of-the art technology that will ensure that farmers continue to reap the benefits of space.
Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General of Copa and Cogeca, the united voice of EU’s farmers and agri-cooperatives added: “Enhanced use of satellites and new technologies will fuel the advancement of precision farming in the EU, bringing many benefits for the farmers and rural economies, agri-cooperatives, the environment and ultimately for the consumer. Further development of precision farming will also help modernise the sector and cut the administrative burden. We are therefore very happy to further develop our collaboration with the GSA to make the EU’s agriculture sector more resilient and dynamic.”
Amazing accuracy
The event will showcase how the EU space programmes, particularly EGNOS and Galileo, are being used to track livestock with amazing accuracy, to precisely steer machinery autonomously in the field, and to help farmers reduce their use of agrochemicals. The space programmes also contribute to sustainable supply chain management by helping track the exact origin of food from farm to fork, and much more.
With its hands-on demonstrations and presentations, Agriculture and Space Day will provide a comprehensive overview of how the synergies between Europe’s space programmes are being leveraged to the benefit not only of farmers, but also of the wider community, by helping to protect our countryside.
Registration for the event is now open. To register, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
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Read the article• New combined offering leverages Teamcenter and Bentley’s Connected Data Environment to
increase plant productivity, accelerate delivery and reduce costs
• End-to-end digital innovation strategy creates comprehensive and precise digital twins of
the process and physical plant to manage complexity and simulate the performance of
intelligent plants
Siemens PLM Software announced today, with Bentley Systems, an integrated solution for enterprises to deliver capital projects more efficiently, combining the Teamcenter® portfolio with Bentley’s ProjectWise and its Connected Data Environment (CDE). Teamcenter is the world’s most widely used product lifecycle management (PLM) system, and ProjectWise is the project delivery collaboration platform for 43 of Engineering News Record’s global Top 50 Design Firms. The new offering continues Siemens’ and Bentley’s strategic alliance that was announced in 2016, and will uniquely extend enterprise visibility across program management of capital project engineering and construction.
“In going digital, the work of engineers and constructors is increasingly about the digital context and digital components around, and within, their infrastructure projects,” said Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems. “As we industrialize project delivery, it is exciting for us to be working with Siemens to extend the reach of our CDE’s digital workflows beyond individual capital projects. With the Teamcenter PLM integration, the connections of project digital twins can now both expand into their enterprise context, and drill down into their manufactured components—advancing infrastructure through digital DNA!”
The leading capabilities for systems engineering and requirements management within Teamcenter, and lifecycle simulation of engineered components, are now complemented by Bentley’s CDE to take advantage of a project digital twin. Project digital twins automate digital alignment and change synchronization across the project supply chain, enabling continuous and comprehensive status reviews. Digitalizing a plant from the beginning of a project enables the aggregation and dissemination of data in a scalable and manageable fashion. By connecting digital twins with a consistent digital thread, companies can reduce project delivery costs and avoid cost overruns, and can improve operational margins by increasing plant productivity and reducing operational overhead. Enterprises can now achieve consistent digital workflows that span project economics, program management, and project controls to speed up capital project delivery, reduce cost overruns, and improve fit-for-purpose project outcomes.
In the energy and utility industries, for instance, given current energy forecasts, companies need to work more efficiently and cost-effectively when implementing capital improvement projects. Traditionally these extremely complex and expensive projects have many groups, beyond engineering and construction, working independently to drive the project forward. Extending Teamcenter through project delivery, the CDE enables visibility along digital threads of connected 2D and 3D models, dynamically managed to reflect project status. This allows for the continuous assimilation of design and engineering data, to be visually and analytically accessible as appropriate by team members across the wider enterprise and supply chain. Incorporating capital project engineering and construction models in this integrated way enables diverse simulations throughout the project management process to anticipate real-world issues, and more informed decision-making by virtue of real-time understanding of the impact of any design change. The solution will be available to the market beginning in early 2019.
“Owner/operators and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms in the industry need to lower costs and deliver projects more efficiently, and this new digital solution facilitates data-driven business processes for the optimization of projects and the plant,” said Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO of Siemens PLM Software. “Powered by the digital twin, this solution allows engineering data to flow between capital project stakeholders, and will support a broad set of industry use cases.”
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Ms. Natalie Navales
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For Bentley Systems
Ms. Jennifer Maguire, Director of Corporate Communications
E-mail: Jennifer.maguire@bentley.com
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Digital Factory Division, is a leading global provider of software solutions to drive the digital transformation of industry, creating new opportunities for manufacturers to realize innovation. With headquarters in Plano, Texas, and over 140,000 customers worldwide, Siemens PLM Software works with companies of all sizes to transform the way ideas come to life, the way products are realized, and the way products and assets in operation are used and understood. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm.
• Successful strategic alliance with Bentley Systems, which started in 2016, to be further
expanded
• Joint investment initiative extended by an additional €50 million, totaling €100 million
• Ambition to further accelerate joint business
In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems and Siemens decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing agreement, to further develop their joint business cooperation and commercial initiatives. Therefore, the joint innovation investment program will be increased from the initial €50 million funding to €100 million. In addition, as a result of the continuous investment of Siemens into secondary shares of Bentley’s common stock the Siemens stake in Bentley Systems now exceeds 9%.
Klaus Helmrich, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, said: “I’m very pleased with how strong our alliance started. Now we are investing in the next collaboration level with Bentley, where for instance we will strengthen their engineering and project management tools with Siemens enterprise wide collaboration platform Teamcenter to create a full Digital Twin for the engineering and construction world.”
He added: “Integrated company-wide data handling and IoT connectivity via MindSphere will enable our mutual customers to benefit from the holistic Digital Twins.”
Greg Bentley, Bentley Systems CEO, said: “In our joint investment activities with Siemens to date, we have progressed worthwhile opportunities together with virtually every Siemens business for ‘going digital’ in infrastructure and industrial advancement. As our new jointly offered products and cloud services now come to market, we are enthusiastically prioritizing further digital co-ventures. We have also welcomed Siemens’ recurring purchases of non-voting Bentley Systems stock on the NASDAQ Private Market, which we facilitate in order to enhance liquidity, primarily for our retiring colleagues.”
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For Siemens AG:
Mr. Yashar Azad
Phone: +49 89 636 37970; E-mail: yashar.azad@siemens.com
Follow us on Twitter: @siemens_press
For Bentley Systems:
Ms. Jennifer Maguire
E-mail: jennifer.maguire@bentley.com
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2017, which ended on September 30, 2017, Siemens generated revenue of €83.0 billion and net income of €6.2 billion. At the end of September 2017, the company had around 377,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
• Successful strategic alliance with Bentley Systems, which started in 2016, to be further
expanded
• Joint investment initiative extended by an additional €50 million, totaling €100 million
• Ambition to further accelerate joint business
In the companies’ latest Alliance Board meeting, Bentley Systems and Siemens decided to further strengthen their strategic alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing agreement, to further develop their joint business cooperation and commercial initiatives. Therefore, the joint innovation investment program will be increased from the initial €50 million funding to €100 million. In addition, as a result of the continuous investment of Siemens into secondary shares of Bentley’s common stock the Siemens stake in Bentley Systems now exceeds 9%.
Klaus Helmrich, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, said: “I’m very pleased with how strong our alliance started. Now we are investing in the next collaboration level with Bentley, where for instance we will strengthen their engineering and project management tools with Siemens enterprise wide collaboration platform Teamcenter to create a full Digital Twin for the engineering and construction world.”
He added: “Integrated company-wide data handling and IoT connectivity via MindSphere will enable our mutual customers to benefit from the holistic Digital Twins.”
Greg Bentley, Bentley Systems CEO, said: “In our joint investment activities with Siemens to date, we have progressed worthwhile opportunities together with virtually every Siemens business for ‘going digital’ in infrastructure and industrial advancement. As our new jointly offered products and cloud services now come to market, we are enthusiastically prioritizing further digital co-ventures. We have also welcomed Siemens’ recurring purchases of non-voting Bentley Systems stock on the NASDAQ Private Market, which we facilitate in order to enhance liquidity, primarily for our retiring colleagues.”
Contact for journalists
For Siemens AG:
Mr. Yashar Azad
Phone: +49 89 636 37970; E-mail: yashar.azad@siemens.com
Follow us on Twitter: @siemens_press
For Bentley Systems:
Ms. Jennifer Maguire
E-mail: jennifer.maguire@bentley.com
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2017, which ended on September 30, 2017, Siemens generated revenue of €83.0 billion and net income of €6.2 billion. At the end of September 2017, the company had around 377,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
Just over one month ago, four new Galileo satellites were successfully launched from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. A lot has happened since then, as the satellites move towards their final position and prepare for entry into service.
At 13:25 CEST on July 25, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted-off from Kourou carrying four new Galileo satellites. Shortly thereafter, the satellites established first contact with Earth, unfolded their solar panels and reached a stable configuration. But the story of Tara, Samuel, Anna and Ellen - the satellites are named after European schoolchildren that won a European Commission drawing competition - doesn’t end there, as each will go through a number of crucial stages before entering into service.
First, the satellites transitioned from sun acquisition mode to Earth tracking mode. Also called nominal operational mode (NOM), in this stage the satellites point to Earth and all antennas are orientated towards the ground. Following their transition to NOM, the new satellites began to drift to their final operational orbit, with Tara and Samuel starting this manoeuvre on July 29 and the other two following on August 2.
On August 1, Tara finished all its manoeuvres, followed by Samuel (August 2), Ellen (August 5) and Anna (August 6). As each satellite finished its manoeuvres, control was transferred from the GSA’s Early Orbit Phase (EOP) team in Toulouse to the Galileo Control Centres (GCC) in Fucino and Oberpfaffenhofen. This was the second time that the GSA was responsible for the EOP, one of the most important phases of a space mission. During EOP, the spacecraft is launched and put into the correct orbit and the first satellite elements are gradually switched on and tested.
What next?
With all four satellites under GCC control, Tara, Samuel, Anna and Ellen will now begin their In Orbit Testing. This phase involves a comprehensive characterisation and evaluation of the satellites’ behaviour in space, including the transmission of test navigation signals. Tara and Samuel’s first navigation signals are expected before the end of September, with Anna and Ellen’s signals following by mid-October.
“Although extensive tests were performed before the launch, the space environment cannot be fully represented on ground,” says Galileo Services Programme Manager Rodrigo Da Costa. “For this reason, extra testing in space is required to ensure in-orbit performance is in line with the predictions made during on-ground testing.”
All of the new satellites are expected to be in their final position by the end of October, with entry into service happening in early 2019.
To stay up to date on the current status of the Galileo constellation, check the System Status section on the European GNSS Service Centre website, where you can find constellation information and sign up to receive active user notifications or NAGUs (Notice Advisory to Galileo Users).
About Galileo
Galileo is the EU’s Global Satellite Navigation System and has been providing positioning and timing services to around 400 million users since the launch of Initial Services in December 2016. It is a civilian system under civilian control and aims to ensure Europe’s independence from the other satellite navigation systems and its strategic autonomy in satellite navigation. Europe’s independence in this sector will help boost the European job market, ensure a more secure Union and support emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and automated vehicles.
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Water is crucial to life on Earth. But today, its overexploitation and pollution present challenges for the environment, economies and global living standards. These issues are addressed by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the annual World Water Week, which runs from 26–31 August 2018 in Stockholm.
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