The UK Government is adding $10.9 million to its $308 million annual space budget. The money will be used to enhance support for European Space Agency (ESA) satellite navigation and programme initiatives in technology and applications. An additional $5.5 million has been allocated to the global navigation satellite system.
$3 million into applications and $3 million into the ESA general-technology support programme. About $180 million of the UK's space budget is allocated to ESA. Earlier this year, the UK committed $4.3 million to the Ariane 5 programme.
Source: Flight International