Finance

As the new year kicks off and many return from a holiday hiatus, here is a brief recap of news you might have missed from Via Satellite over the last...

Leidos on Thursday said it will make a strategic investment in HawkEye 360, a commercial provider of Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) solutions. Leidos said the move will improve its capabilities in national security...

Voyager Space has closed on its acquisition of a majority stake in Space Micro, which engineers satellite communications, digital, and electro-optic systems. The acquisition was first announced in November, and...

Hughes Network Systems has taken a major step forward to advance its broadband ambitions in India, forming a joint venture with Bharti Airtel (Airtel) to provide satellite broadband services in...

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) on Tuesday announced two new executive appointments within the business segment, naming Kristin Robertson as president of the Space & C2 business unit and Brad...

Comtech Telecommunications has completed its previously announced leadership transition, with Michael Porcelain taking the helm as CEO.  Porcelain succeeds longtime Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg, who has been with the company...

Spanish smallsat launcher in development PLD Space has closed a $28 million oversubscribed Series B funding round, the company announced at the end of 2021. Arcano Partners, Aciturri, and the...

Relativity Space has hired its first vice president of Software Engineering, bringing on Scott Van Vliet, former Microsoft corporate vice president for the role. The company said this is a...

Virgin Orbit is set to go public after shareholders of NextGen Acquisition Corp. II approved the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger on Dec. 28.  This is the culmination of...

2021 was an exciting year for the satellite and space industry, from major consolidation deals, technological developments, and the wave of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers. Here is a...