Redwire announced today that it has acquired LoadPath, a developer of payload adapters, deployable structures, and thermal products for the space industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

More than 540 companies have contracted to exhibit at the 2021 NA

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today reported its operating results for the first fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2020 and updated its financial targets for fiscal 2021. The company reported consolidated net sales of US$ 135.2 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $14.3 million (or 10.6% of consolidated net sales) exceeded Comtech's expectation for its first quarter of fiscal 2021. 

Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Highlights

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today published its annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2020. The annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled by surveying teleport operators around the world as well as referencing the published results of publicly-held companies.

Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Mitja Lovsin, General Manager of STN--a full-service teleport in the Central European country of Slovenia.  Mitja is also a member of the Board of Directors of the World Teleport Association and he spoke on the STN's interesting rise from a start-up to the leading market position they currently have, the new investments they have made in just the last year on the teleport and the future of their company and teleports in general.

The GVF-Satellite Evolution 2020 Webinar Series draws to a close the day following my writing the final words of this column. With 15 events in the main webinar series and a further five produced for embedding within partner online events, it has been an interesting and rewardingly successful response to the practicalities and realities of the limitations on our opportunity to move around the globe physically as governments’ policies have responded to the pandemic.

Given the choice between wrestling a live alligator in a Florida pond and living through the events of 2020 again, I would take my chances with the gator.  As we finish our current orbit around the Sun, we have experienced 365 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 16 seconds that felt like a Martian year.  

And yet…….

When the first people from planet Earth went into space in the 1960s, it was the thrill of a lifetime.  But we didn’t stay there long.

Intelsat today completed its acquisition of the Commercial Aviation business of Gogo, creating the world’s leading provider of inflight broadband connectivity to the commercial aviation industry.

The closing of the US$ 400 million cash deal brings together two complementary enterprises — the world’s largest satellite operator with the leading provider of commercial inflight broadband and entertainment services — to deliver unprecedented innovation and long-term value to commercial airlines.

The November 2020 issue of  the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine focusing on the Military Satellite Market sponsored by Comtech EF Data is now available.  Featuring:

The Military Satellite Market by Virgil Labrador

Executive Roundtable on Internet of Things via Satellite by Bernardo Schneiderman

Case Study: Building a Defense VSAT Network for the Egyptian MoD

TechBrief: Steering Sub-Saharan Communities to a Digital, Connected Future

Executive Spotlight:  Ali Al-Kuwari, CEO-Es’hailSat

When the Future Depends on Being Flat by Robert Bell

Virtual CABSAT 2020 in GVF's Cyberspace... by Martin Jarrold

Better Satellite World Series: Where's My Stuff

PLUS Product and Services Spotlight, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, and many more. Click here to read or download the file