PARIS — Faced with a French-British standoff, the European Commission has not yet decided whether to permit European defense forces to make use of the encrypted, jam-resistant Public Regulated Service (PRS) signal that will be provided by Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system, according to European government and industry officials.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews.