•   September 1989: FDC Creation – Headquarters in Paris periphery – Vincennes, France

•   First French Ministry of Defense technical support contracts on:

• GNSS
• Aeronautical
• Security
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

•   First European Commission support contract on European GNSS Programmes development

•   First EUROCONTROL contract on Satellite Navigation

•   First ESA support contract for a GNSS Office

•   Recommendation towards EU and National Institutions for consideration of security aspects – Controlled Access Service – on the future Galileo Programme

•   GNSS 2 (Galileo) Forum

•   Foundation of the ORganisation of European GNSS INdustry of equipment and service (OREGIN)

•   Acquisition of an EADS (now Airbus) subsidiary specialised in Air Command and Control System (ACCS)

•   “Best paper” award on GNSS Authentication mechanisms at NAVSAT 2002 international conference

•   Foundation of the Galileo Services organisation, a network gathering more than 150 companies

•   First European Commission support contract on Copernicus (formerly GMES)

•   First European Commission contract on European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS)

•   First contract with the European GNSS Agency (GSA) on an EGNOS Business Study

•   First contract on SatCom programme for Egyptian Civil Aviation Authorities

•   Launching of R&D activities on GNSS and Security

•   Development of a Geo time tagging product – GEODatage – using SBAS time

•   First European Commission contract on International Cooperation related to GNSS

•   FDC becomes a member of the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)

•   Development of TACOT, a trusted GNSS prototype for Digital Tachograph

•   Co-organisation of 33 “European Space Expos” accross the European Union, gathering more than 1M visitors

•   Development of FOSTER ITS, a trusted and resilient GNSS module for automotive applications

•   Organisation of the 1st Galileo PRS Pilot Project Demonstration dedicated to Timing & Synchronisation applications

•   FDC operates as a member of the Copernicus Support Office

•  Organisation of the first and second Galileo User Consultation Platform (UCP)

•   Organisation of 12 Copernicus Training and Information sessions in various EU Member States

•   Full scale pilots of the FOSTER module in sensitive fleet management applications

•   Organisation of trainings on first Pre-operational PRS receivers (P3RS2)

•  Support in the drafting of the last issues of the GNSS Technology (n°1 & 2) and Market (n° 4, 5 & 6) Reports

•   FDC becomes STMicroelectronics Partner

•   Release of Initial industrial Secured GNSS module samples (DRACONAV)