Virtus Solis CEO/Founder John Bucknell and CTO/Founder Dr. Ed Tate announce the appointment of the following distinguished new members to our Industry Advisory Board:
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Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) (“the Company”) today announced its second quarter fiscal 2024 financial results. Highlights of the results include:
• Consolidated net sales increased slightly year-over-year to US$ 134.2 million, compared to US$ 133.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2023. This represents a sequential decline from $151.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
• Gross margin was 32.2%, compared to 31.5% in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and 34.3% in the second quarter of fiscal 2023.
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has unveiled its next-generation ground system, Intuition, at this year’s SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington D.C. Intuition aims to improve the speed, scale, cost and flexibility of service delivery amidst the satellite industry’s ongoing transformation to empower a connected tomorrow.
Iridium Expands Space Development Agency Operations; Onboards New Vice President and General Manager
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Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) today announced that John McNiff has joined Iridium as Vice President and General Manager overseeing Iridium’s Space Development Agency (SDA) support, effective February 5, 2023.
XipLink Inc., the technology leader in optimized, secure and intelligent multi-path hybrid networking, is pleased to announce that Global Konet, has deployed XipOS for a military customer, to meet their requirement to support a stable optimized service over a critical secure network. XipLink’s XipOS enables a highly optimized IP network with maximum bandwidth utilization using standards based SCPS-TP and compression algorithms, while ensuring SLA compliance with advanced QoS.
MarketBrief Report on Trends in the Ground Systems Market sponsored by Orbital Connect
Contemporary TV broadcasting fuses entertainment, information and education on an unprecedented level, delivered immediately, with a global reach and at the highest possible quality. To stay ahead of this demanding game, the leading media company in the Bulgarian market, bTV Media Group, keeps up to date with every socioeconomic and technological trend. The successful management of its Satellite Ground Control Station equipment is crucial for bTV’s broadcast operations.
Krasimir Terziev and Bobby Kirchev, both experienced telecomunications and satellite professionals, are on the executive team of Orbital Connect. Krasimir is Director of Business Development while Bobby is Director of Sales. In a relatively short time built the company into one of the leading channel partners and authorized distributor of global leading hardware manufacturers. Orbital Connect’s product list includes over 3,000 satellite products and RF components, solutions, and terminals, such as Earth station antennas, fixed and maritime VSAT or receive-only antennas, terminals on the move and on the pause, high power amplifiers, modulators, de-modulators, redundant systems, modems, RF products and matrices, RF over fiber solutions, LNBs, BUCs, BDCs, LNAs, among others. Excerpts of the interview with Krasimir and Bobby follows
In recent years the satellite industry has undergone a profound change–and one that is still continuing. High Throughput Satellites (HTS) have been joined by Very- and Ultra-High Throughput Satellites (VHTS and UHTS), and more recently by software defined satellites. Thousands of Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellites are in operation. At the same time, new applications are constantly emerging. In-orbit Servicing (IoS) is a reality and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is becoming a necessity, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) extends its reach on a daily basis.
J.F. Lehman & Company (JFLCO), a middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors, is announced that an investment affiliate has acquired Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC.
