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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...

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...

Gilat Satellite Networks will serve as a network baseband vendor for a company it described as “one of the largest satellite service providers in Eurasia.”  Under the deal announced Dec....

Eutelsat Communications has appointed Eva Berneke as the company’s next CEO. Berneke will be the first woman to take the role. Eutelsat announced Dec. 19 that Berneke will assume her...

Blue Origin Vice President of Global Sales Clay Mowry is leaving Jeff Bezos’ launch company to take a chief revenue officer (CRO) position at Denver-based space exploration company Voyager Space....

Comtech Telecommunications and shareholder Outerbridge Capital Management have come to an agreement on the company’s board of directors.  Outerbridge has agreed to support Comtech’s nomination of Judy Chambers and Larry...

The EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) has gone global. It will now be the Global Satellite Operators’ Association (GSOA), offering opportunities to companies all over the world to become part...

A former SpaceX engineer has alleged that she was sexually harassed at the company, and human resources did little to remedy the situation.  Ashley Kosak, a former mission integration engineer...

Isotropic Systems has appointed Nigel Fox, formerly of Avanti Communications, as new CFO, effective immediately. Isotropic announced Dec. 13 that Fox will lead the company’s finance and corporate development activities...

Intelsat announced in filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday that COO Samer Halawi is leaving the company at the end of the year. This comes a...