SPACE AUTONOMY MONITOREuropean strategic autonomy in space—

Capability C05

Galileo and European navigation services

EU-owned global navigation satellite system and its services, including OSNMA authentication.

⚑ Draft assessment — requires reviewConfidence: Medium

Recommended approach

Build

Last reviewed 9 Nov 2026

Rationale (analytical judgement)

Sustain and strengthen an existing European capability.

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Three main questions

How critical?
High — Positioning, navigation and timing underpin transport, energy, finance and defence.
Pressure risk
Low — could an external provider use the dependency as political or economic pressure?
Alternative in 24 months?
Yes

Current position

European capability
Galileo is an EU programme; EUSPA launched the OSNMA authentication service (see KPI 09).
External dependencies
Control is European; exposure lies mainly in interference (see KPI 08) and in receiver uptake rather than in the system itself.
Main external actors
Other GNSS providers (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou) as alternative or complementary signals

Additional factors

Factors without a recorded assessment are shown as not yet assessed.

Cost of developing European capacity
Not yet assessed
Time to operational readiness
Not yet assessed
Availability of trusted partners
Not yet assessed
Market concentration
Not yet assessed
Technological maturity
Operational system; authentication service launched.
Impact on innovation and competitiveness
Not yet assessed
Security and resilience
Authentication helps against spoofing but does not prevent jamming.

Recommendation history

Manual adjustments with their documented explanation.

No adjustments yet

The draft recommendation has not been changed.

Relevant KPIs

Related risks