Flann Microwave has announced the appointment of Ian Crane as its new Chief Operating Officer. Crane takes over the leadership of the company from Professor James Watts who will be stepping down from his role after nine years as Chief Executive.

Crane brings almost 50 years of high-level engineering and management expertise to the role, more than 40 of which have been with Flann, in positions including Engineering Director, eight years as Chief Executive and most recently the company’s Chief Technical Officer.

Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has appointed Jean-Marc Nasr, 57, Executive Vice President Space Systems within the Airbus Defence and Space division. Nasr will assume his new duties on 1 June 2019 and succeeds Nicolas Chamussy, 51, whose next assignment is subject to further notice according to the company.

Forsway, a provider of hybrid satellite routers and innovative solutions to enable cost-efficient satellite broadband, is expanding its operations to include a sales office in Dallas, Texas. To accelerate new business and growth opportunities in North America, Forsway has engaged Faith Wright to spearhead its new operations.

Orbcomm has announced the promotion of Constantine (Dean) Milcos to executive vice president and chief financial officer effective April 1, 2019, upon the resignation of Mike Ford, who previously held that position.

Media Links, manufacturer and pioneer in Media over IP transport technology strengthens its global sales team with the appointment of Al Nuñez as senior vice president of sales, Americas & EMEA, effective immediately.

At the CABSAT 2019 in Dubai, UAE, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key executives of Amphinicy Technologies, a satellite software solutions provider. This interview features Toni Jelavic, CEO and Co-Founder, Frane Milos, Country Manager for Luxembourg and a demo of their Monica product that they are showcasing at CABSAT.

At the CABSAT 2019 in Dubai, UAE, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke to Andrey Lovsin, CEO and Founder, and Tomaz Lovsin, CTO of STN, a teleport based in Central Europe.

At the CABSAT 2019 in Dubai, UAE, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Steve Richeson,  VP Sales and Marketing of  Mission Microwave on their products and the Middle East market.

At the CABSAT 2019 in Dubai, UAE, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Tom Pagonis, Director of Sales of AVCOM of Virginia on their products and the Middle East market.

Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador was given a tour of Work Microwave's brand new facility in Holzkirchen, Germany by its CEO, Dr. Thomas Frölich.