The growing number of satellites and amounts of debris in the space surrounding our planet makes the risk of collision a serious threat to the sustainable operation of EU space infrastructure. Today the European Commission welcomed the European Parliament vote in favour of a proposal to create a European Space ... Weiterlesen
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Apr2014
The satellite ASTRA 5B lifted off on March 22, 2014 aboard the Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the European Spaceport near Kourou, French Guiana, carrying also a payload for the EGNOS GNSS augmentation system. This successful launch will ensure the replacement of another aging EGNOS satellite payload, providing augmented navigation ... Weiterlesen
2 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Apr2014
This year the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit took place on March 25, 26 and 27 in “Der Residenz, München” in Bavaria.
It annually gathers people involved with GNSS from around the world to report on current status and progress of numerous radio navigation systems.
As in past years, the 2014’s Summit ... Weiterlesen
1 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Apr2014
A February conference on the European Union’s space policy in Brussels aims to set a course for 2020 and close official ranks behind the prospect of early Galileo services at the end of this year. Much in the business community’s perception of the new system will depend on meeting the ... Weiterlesen
1 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Apr2014
The U.S. Senate’s privacy committee announced legislation aiming to give consumers more control over how information about their whereabouts is collected and used.
Senator Al Franken notifies he would introduce the Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014. This act requires companies to get an explicit customer agreement before collecting and sharing ... Weiterlesen
1 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Apr2014
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) moved towards limiting the use of military airspace under its responsibility which may heavily impact on some of the six test site managers who were chose last year to work on a project for introducing unmanned aerial systems into the (US) National Airspace Systems. At ... Weiterlesen
1 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Mrz2014
On 6 March 2014, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Judge Patrick Geraghty dismissed the case of the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) against Raphael Pirker. According to the FAA’s view, Pirker had allegedly illegally used drones to make a video of the University of Virginia. The FAA had sought to assess ... Weiterlesen
28 März 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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The U.S. Senate held a hearing on 12 March 2014 on possible threats posed by recent Chinese efforts to apparently develop a new anti-satellite (ASAT) . Already the November 2013 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission had raised concerns about China’s new missile developments. According to Gen. William Shelton, head ... Weiterlesen
24 März 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Tthe new Copernicus Regulation passed the European Parliament on 12 March 2014. The EU’s Earth Observation Programme Copernicus will provide valuable data for various environmental and security applications and decisions. The Regulation ensures the further development of the programme and defines objectives, governance and funding in the amount of EUR ... Weiterlesen
21 März 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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A database on global land cover has been launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – Global Land Cover SHARE database. It standardizes data and information from various sources. By using internationally accepted definitions it provides data and information that could be used all over ... Weiterlesen
17 März 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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On 12 March 2014, the European Parliament voted in favour of the amendments to the GSA regulation. Most prominently, the amendment emphasises and strengthens the strict separation between the security accreditation of operations within the GSA (as implemented by the Security Accreditation Board) and to other activities of the Agency ... Weiterlesen
14 März 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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BHO Legal organizes the Legal Session of the upcoming Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2014.
We are proud that the organizer of the Summit has tasked us again with the organisation of this session.
The Legal Session (Session 6) this year will be held on the 26th March 2014, the second ... Weiterlesen
12 März 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Mrz2014
On 12 March 2014, the European Parliament voted in favour of the amendments to the GSA regulation. Most prominently, the amendment emphasises and strengthens the strict separation between the security accreditation of operations within the GSA (as implemented by the Security Accreditation Board) and to other activities of the Agency ... Weiterlesen
12 März 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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Feb2014
On February 11th, 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted the legislative package for the modernisation of public procurement in the EU. The European Parliament had already approved the proposed texts on 15 January 2014.
The complete overhaul of the European public procurement legislation aims to simplify and streamline ... Weiterlesen
12 Februar 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner
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Feb2014
Der Rat der Europäischen Union hat gestern die neuen Vergaberechtsrichtlinien im Rahmen der EU-Vergaberechtsreform verabschiedet. Zuvor hatte das Europäische Parlament dem Richtlinienpaket mit großer Mehrheit am 15.01.2014 zugestimmt. Die Richtlinien 2004/18/EG (Vergaberechtskoordinierungsrichtlinie) und 2004/17/EG (Sektorenkoordinierungsrichtlinie) werden jeweils durch eine neue Richtlinie ersetzt. Neu hinzu kommt eine Richtlinie zur Konzessionsvergabe.
Die deutschen ... Weiterlesen
12 Februar 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner