ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has announced the appointment of Tami Dias as Senior Vice President of Sales as part of the company’s leadership renewal to sharpen focus on strategic partnerships, customer engagements and growth.

XipLink Inc., the technology leader in multi-orbit connectivity, is pleased to announce the successful completion of multi-orbit, aggregated, and optimized bonded connectivity at the recent “Resilient LEO/GEO Demonstration” at the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Each of the partners brought unique expertise to the event including systems integration, live GEO/LEO/Cellular links, Teleport Services and XipNet cloud connectivity for this live demonstration.

TEST Summary - Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that Washington State recently awarded the company a U.S.$48 million contract extension to continue providing Next Generation 911 (NG911) services over the next five years, with the option to extend through 2034.

Satellite-direct-to-standard-phone provider Lynk Global, Inc.and Slam Corp. (NASDAQ: SLAM), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement  under which Slam will combine with Lynk. Upon completion, the combined company will operate as Lynk Global Holdings, Inc. and its common stock is expected to be publicly listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “LYNK”.

Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) a provider of satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the investor group comprised of Sophis Investments LLC, Sophis GP LLC, Tassos Recachinas, Roark’s Drift, LLC, Joseph Roos, Jordi Puig-Suari, Roland Coelho and Austin Williams.

TEST Summary - Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today it received approval from the US Army Contracting Command to move forward on the Company's previously announced US$ 544 million Global Field Service Representative (GFSR) contract.

SpacePath Communications, a provider of high-performance satellite uplink amplifiers and associated equipment for the global SATCOM market,announced the appointment of Eric Schmidt as vice president for sales and marketing, North America.

New Parks Associates research, conducted in partnership with SymphonyAI's media division, finds that even as streaming becomes the primary means for video consumption, 47% of executives in the streaming industry are lacking the data needed to make good business decisions. The custom research, summarized in the newly released report Streaming Content Performance: Executive Insights | 2024 State of the Market, finds consensus that data on content performance, revenue, and audience engagement is key to successful services, but current fragmentation in the market makes it difficult for companies to collect and aggregate the information needed.

Satellite connectivity direct to phone and devices is not new for companies like Iridium, Globalstar, Inmarsat that have been active in this market for the last 25-plus years but the new wave is the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations that are now targeting the cellular services and IOT with existing traditional companies already providing some services and new startup coming to this market.