The European Space Agency and French space agency CNES are leading an effort to free Europe of strategic dependence on outside supply sources, especially the U.S., for key electronic components. The undertaking, known as the European Component Initiative, aims to ensure access to key technologies "not tied to political constraints," ESA Di- rector General Jean-Jacques Dordain said last month when the measure was first revealed. Electronic components is only the first of several technologies, including gyroscopes, it will address.
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