Development of military Galileo user equipment (MGUE, a new variant) got underway on February 8 with the kick-0ff meeting in Brussels of the Galileo for EU Defence (GEODE) project. Managed by the Belgian, French, German, Italian and Spanish Ministries of Defence and involving 30 companies from 14 EU member states, GEODE will establish the framework for developing the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) user segment for defence applications. Galileo’s PRS is an encrypted navigation service for government-authorized users and sensitive applications that require high continuity. The PRS signal is more resistant to spoofing and jamming, ensuring service continuity and making it easier to identify potential jammers. It is intended for use by the military, police, fire departments, ambulances and search & rescue, border control and other government and government-authorized users.