Bremen, January 7, 2010. Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Transport, today announced that the consortium led by OHB-System AG, a subsidiary of OHB Technology AG, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has been selected for building and testing 14 satellites for the Galileo satellite navigation system, under a programme of and funded by the European Union. This selection is a major milestone for the European Commission, assisted by the European Space Agency, who initiated the tendering process for these satellites in September 2008.

As a result of this decision, OHB-System will be the prime contractor for the fabrication of the 14 satellites including full responsibility for developing the satellite bus and integration of the satellites. SSTL will build and integrate the navigation payloads and support OHB with the final integration. The 14 satellites will be assembled in Bremen.