News Analysis

The 2023 Winter (December 2023-January 2024) issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing is now available.  Featuring:

The Small- and Medium-sized Satellite Market by Bernardo Schneiderman

Is Regulation the Answer for Space Situational Awareness by Joe Chan

Company Spotlight: ST Engineering iDirect

Do Renaissance Persons Work in Satellite? by Lou Zacharilla

Show Report: Satellite Innovation 2023 by Elisabeth Tweedie

Plus Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Trends, Executive Moves, Vital Stats and many more. Click here to read or download the file

by Lou Zacharila

New York City, December 8, 2023--How does someone get a job like mine in this great industry? Running two great trade associations and advising a range of great companies – and being able to tell my story in places like this publication every other month?
In my case, it was poetry.

Melville, N.Y., December 7, 2023 – Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) today announced its first quarter fiscal 2024 financial results and provided its second quarter fiscal 2024 financial targets in a letter to shareholders which is now posted to the Investor Relations section of Comtech’s website: https://comtech.com/investors/financials/.

Chantilly, Va., December 1, 2023 — Arcfield, a leading government technology and mission support provider, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Orion Space Solutions (Orion), a Colorado-based developer of end-to-end space mission capabilities and solutions. 

Petah Tikva, Israel, November 16, 2023 — Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT), a provider of networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DataPath, Inc., a provider of  trusted communications for the US DoD Military and Government sectors.

Long Beach, Calif., November 8, 2023 -- Launch services provider Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) today shared the financial results for fiscal third quarter, ended September 30, 2023. The company reported revenues of US$ 67.661 million.

Torrance, Calif., November 7, 2023 — Stellant Systems, Inc. and Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL), announced today that the companies have closed, effective November 7, 2023, on the previously announced sale of Comtech’s Power Systems Technology (PST) product line. Stellant is a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington D.C.-area private equity firm with extensive experience investing in regulated industries.

Petah Tikva, Israel – November 7, 2023 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, reported today its results for the third quarter, ended September 30, 2023.

Ottawa, Canada, November 6, 2023–Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, today announced its financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023. All amounts are in Canadian dollars and reported under International Financial Reporting Standards unless otherwise noted. 

The November 2023 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing sponsored by Comtech is now available.  Featuring:

NGSOs: A Key Dirver for the Satellite Industry by Elisabeth Tweedie

Multilayer Connectivity from the Ground Up by Robert Bell

Executive Spotlight: Bruce Elbert, President, Application Strategy Inc.

Better Satellite World: How Satelltie Make Mines Smarter

Plus Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Trends, Executive Moves, Vital Stats and many more. Click here to read or download the file