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Dubai, UAE, December 10, 2024--Agility Beyond Space (ABS) announced the appointment of Bruno d’Espinay as Chief Business Development Officer. Based in Dubai, UAE, Bruno will lead ABS’s business development efforts, bringing over 15 years of expertise in driving strategic growth and forging partnerships within the satellite communications industry.

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Chandler, Ariz., December 2, 2024 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors  has unanimously elected Kenneth (Ken) H. Traub as the Executive Chairman of the company. Mark Quinlan has stepped down from his role as Chairman of the Board and will continue serving on the Board. In addition to Mr. Traub’s role in chairing the Board, he will be the senior executive leading the Company. John Ratigan, Comtech’s President and CEO, will report directly to Mr. Traub and they will be working closely together. In addition, former U.S. Army Chief Information Officer, Lieutenant General (Retired) Bruce T. Crawford, has been elected to serve as Lead Independent Director.

Chandler, Ariz., November 19, 2024 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today the appointment of Daniel Gizinski as President of the Company’s Satellite & Space Communications (“S&S”) segment. With extensive industry leadership experience and a collaborative, hands-on approach to solving customer challenges, Gizinski will play a central role in advancing Comtech’s S&S strategy, including its expanding portfolio of next-generation satellite solutions and vision as a pure-play satellite and space communications company.

Winchester, UK. November 13, 2024 – Arqiva announced the appointment of Mark Steele as Chief of Operations. Mark joined Arqiva in 2015 in a project capacity before being appointed Director of Service Operations later the same year. In 2021 Mark moved to become Director of Field Operations where he was responsible for the hundreds of engineers operating 24/7 in the field to manage UK TV and radio broadcasting and smart utilities networks. 

New York, NY, November 1, 2024 – The World Teleport Association has appointed Randall Barney as Deputy Executive Director effective October 1, 2024. In his new role, he will have primary responsibility for the association’s fundraising, member and industry service programs, events and partnerships.

New York City, NY., October 22, 2024 –  Last night at the Future Leaders Celebration in Silicon Valley, Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) presented the 2024 Promise Awards to Mackenzie Mason of Boeing, Paige Webster of ATLAS Space Operations and Bradley Williams of NASA. The Promise Awards honor the three top-ranked members of the annual “20 Under 35” list of space & satellite employees and entrepreneurs age 35 and under who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the early stages of their career. The three recipients were honored at the 19th annual Future Leaders Celebration in Mountain View, California, in conjunction with Silicon Valley Space Week, produced by SatNews publishers.

New York City, NY., October 15, 2024 – Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has appointed Tamara Bond-Williams as Deputy Executive Director effective October 1, 2024. In her new role, she will have primary responsibility for the association’s membership programs, sponsorship, content development, events and partnerships.

McLean, Va., October 14, 2024 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) today announced that U.S. Space Force Colonel (Ret.) Kalliroi Landry has joined Iridium as Government Programs Director. In this new role, Col. Landry will engage Department of Defense (DoD) communities to help drive continued collaboration, data sharing, transparency and simpler adoption of commercial solutions. 

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, October 14, 2024 – Global private equity firm NewSpace Capital has announced the appointment of former U.S. Space Command deputy commander Lieutenant-General John E. Shaw and ex-CEO of Luxembourg-based commercial satellite operator SES Ruy Pinto as Industry Advisory Board members.

Las Vegas, Nev., September 26, 2024 — PSSI Global Services, a  provider of transmission services, announced the appointment of Jason Land as vice president of business development. Jason brings over 25 years of extensive experience in media services and technology, including a distinguished earlier tenure with PSSI and Strategic Television. His return to the company in this newly created role marks an exciting chapter as PSSI ramps up its initiatives to innovate and expand its product and service offerings.