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EUSPA signs Thales Alenia Space to build central platform for EU GNSS

The EU Agency for the Space Programme signed a framework contract with Thales Alenia Space to build the EGNSS Service Demonstrator, a centralised platform for testing and rolling out Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation services.

Verified EUSPA newsroom, 17 February 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish the contract's value or delivery date, which the agency did not disclose.

How this item counts. Towards autonomy: it changes who operates. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 3 of 3 (large), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. EU agency contracts French/Italian Thales to build EGNSS platform, all-European. European Sovereignty Index

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