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Viasat is restructuring its executive team and with the changes, President Guru Gowrappan is leaving the company.  Viasat announced Wednesday that Craig Miller, currently president of Global Space Networks, will...

On his first day in office, President Trump named a list of acting cabinet and cabinet-level positions until his nominees are confirmed, including Janet Petro to serve as acting NASA...

Brendan Carr is now chairman of the FCC after President Trump signed an executive order designating Carr to the position on his first day in office on Jan. 20.  Trump...

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Olivia Trusty as a Republican commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission, Trump announced Jan. 16. Trusty is currently the policy director for the U.S. Senate Committee...

Planet Labs has named retired General John “Jay” Raymond to its board of directors, the company announced Jan. 16. Gen. Raymond served as the first Chief of Space Operations of...

Neo Space Group (NSG) has appointed former Inmarsat and Viasat exec Mark Dickinson as its new CTO. Dickinson is set to play a key role in driving NSG’s technological innovations....

2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year in the satellite industry as we approach the second part of the 2020s. In an exclusive roundtable, the Via Satellite advisory board shares...

Telesat has appointed Michel Forest as its new chief technology officer following the retirement of longtime CTO David Wendling. Telesat announced the change on Jan 13, along with other executive...

Less than three months after naming a new CEO, Comtech Telecommunications is going through another leadership shakeup. The company’s board named Ken Traub as president and CEO on Jan. 13,...

The U.S. proxy company for Eutelsat Group has named its former COO Ian Canning to the role of president and CEO. Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies (EACOWT) announced the...