U.K. Studies Alternative Satellite Network

Brexit prompts bid to hedge against Britain’s possible exclusion from EU’s Galileo navigation project

LONDON—The British government said Tuesday it would put money into studying development of an independent, satellite-based navigation system to hedge against the U.K.’s possible exclusion from a similar European Union project because of Brexit.

The move represents one of the first concrete financial investments the British government said it would make in case protracted talks with Brussels fail to bridge differences over Britain’s decision to leave the EU next March.

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