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Los Angeles, Calif., March 5, 2021--The Satellite Markets and Research invited key companies providing satellite Comms on the Move (COTM) solutions to participate in a virtual roundtable on the current status and prospects in the global COTM market. The companies and their respective executives that agreed to participate in the virtual roundtable include Krystal Dredge, Marketing Director-AVL Technologies; Leslie Klein, President and CEO-C-COM Satellite Systems; Brian Billman, VP Product Development-Isotropic Systems; Bill Marks, Chief Strategy Officer, Kymeta; Stephen Newell, Chief Commercial Officer, NXTCOMM; and  Bill Milroy, Chairman and CTO-ThinKom Solutions. Follows are exceprts of the virtual roundtable discusssion: 

Middletown, R.I., March 2, 2021--KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), a provider of mobile connectivity and inertial navigation solutions, announced today that it has named Roger A. Kuebel as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Brent Bruun will continue in his role as Chief Operating Officer, but will relinquish his position as Interim CFO upon Mr. Kuebel’s joining the Company on March 8, 2021.

London, UK, March 1, 2021--Inmarsat announced that Rajeev Suri, former Nokia CEO, will assume the role of CEO and become a director of Connect Bidco Limited, the holding company for Inmarsat, from 1 March 1, 2021. Rupert Pearce will step down as CEO as of February 28, 2021.

Las Cruces, New Mexico, March 1, 2021--Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, today announced the appointments of  Doug Ahrens as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Swami Iyer as President of Aerospace Systems and Stephen Justice as its Vice President of Engineering.

Ithaca, NY, February 26, 2021--Ursa Space Systems today announces the appointment of Nicole Robinson as its President. Alongside current CEO and co-founder, Adam Maher, Robinson will continue expanding Ursa Space’s commercial and government business relationships on a global scale.

New York City, NY, February 25, 2021-- - Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) announced today that, on March 23, it will induct four new members into the prestigious Space & Satellite Hall of Fame. The 2021 honorees are Kathy Lueders, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA; Jim Oliver, Founder and President of AvL Technologies; Dr. Gladys West, former mathematician at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia and Peter B. de Selding, Co-Founder and Chief Editor for SpaceIntelReport;.

Solna, Sweden, February 19, 2021--Ovzon's Board of Directors has today appointed Per Norén as the CEO of Ovzon AB effective at the latest, May 1st,  2021.The company’s current CEO Magnus René will continue to lead the company until then and will thereafter remain in his role as a member of the Board of Directors.

Atlanta, Ga., February 18, 2021 – Following successful validation tests of its next-generation Ku-band antenna design, NXT Communications Corporation (NXTCOMM) announced the formation of a new Board of Directors to help guide the next phase of its growth and commercial market introduction. Coming from the technology, aerospace, manufacturing, retail and satellite sectors, the board brings more than a century of experience and leadership to address the connectivity challenge. The board members include:

Raleigh, NC, February 18, 2021--Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Ken Grelck, Global Communications Industry Lead-Capgemini Engineering and R&D global business line-a leading engineering services and consulting company.  Ken spoke on the key challenges facing the satellite industry in the wake of transformational changes which include the new LEO megaconstellations coming online, the advent of 5G technology, among others, and how Capgemini can help satellite companies thrive in the new environment.

Long Beach, Calif., February 17, 2021 - Virgin Orbit announced today that Tony Gingiss has joined the team as their Chief Operating Officer (COO). As the first person to hold this position, Tony will oversee day-to-day operations at Virgin Orbit’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Long Beach, California. His arrival follows the successful LauncherOne mission in January and completes a sequence of enhancements to the company’s executive team as Virgin Orbit pivots to commercial operations.