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The defense contract, titled 'EGNSS for Unmanned Aircraft System,' was awarded by the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space for 470,000 EUR to develop services leveraging European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (EGNSS), including Galileo and EGNOS, specifically tailored for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). It focuses on creating a new Service Description Document (SDD) outlining service access, terms, and conditions, along with related service level agreements and contracts to support medium-risk UAS operations, precise navigation, tracking, and compliance with safety objectives like those in the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) methodology.