Comtech Telecommunications rejected a takeover proposal from Acacia Research Corporation received earlier this year. The company announced Tuesday that the board of directors unanimously rejected an unsolicited proposal from Acacia received on Oct. 29, 2021.  Comtech said the board and recently appointed members evaluated the proposal and found that it undervalued the company. Comtech recently…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, arguing that such consolidation would be harmful to national security and defense markets.  The $4.4 billion proposed deal was announced in December 2020. Lockheed is the world’s largest defense contractor and the company competes against Raytheon Technologies, Northrop…

  In the first part of this two-part interview with Steve Collar published yesterday, the SES CEO spoke about the company's plans for 2022 and his views on the ground segment. In this second part of the interview conducted in December, Collar gives his thoughts on the Viasat/Inmarsat deal, his views on SpaceX and Low-Earth…

SES has a busy year ahead in 2022. The global operator has multiple new satellites scheduled for launch during the next 12 months and its success depends on balancing new growth opportunities in data, maintaining its video business segment, and finding new customers. It also finds itself competing with a growing number of new satellite…