Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT),today reported its results for the third quarter, ended September 30, 2024. The company reported  revenues of US$ 74.6 million, up 17% compared with US$ 63.9 million in Q3 2023;

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ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, announced that its Manufacturing Competence Center (MCC) has been selected by Exail, a leading high-tech industrial champion specializing in cutting-edge robotics, maritime and navigation technologies, to deliver the electronics for the underwater drones of the joint Mine Counter Measure Program (MCM) of the Belgian and Dutch navies.

Terrasat Communications Inc., a long-standing provider of satellite communication solutions for block upconverters and high-power amplifier technologies, introduces its newest lineup of Ka-band Intelligent Block Upconverters (IBUCs), designed to deliver enhanced flexibility for multi-orbit connectivity. The IBUC G and IBUC 2G models meet the evolving demands of modern satellite networks, supporting single, dual, and tri-band operations across frequencies from 27.5 to 31.0 GHz.

Silicon Valley Space Week organized by Satnews Events and held in Silicon Valley, California  at the end of October, covered a variety of topics, as would be expected, but for me the discussions around Direct-to-Device (D2D) were the ones that stood out the most.

Nathan de Ruiter, Partner and Managing Director Novaspace, opened this year’s World Space Business Week (WSBW), held as usual in Paris, with an interesting analogy.  He compared Starlink to Apple, and the rest of the industry to Android.  Not only is it an interesting analogy, it is one that cropped up many times, during WSBW and also during Strategies in Satellite Ground Systems (SSGS), sometimes explicitly and other times indirectly.