CesiumAstro is to acquire Jariet Technologies in a major acquisition that aims to boosts its ability to deliver communications and sensing systems across commercial, civil and national security customers. Jariet Technologies is a mmWave RF System-on-Chip (RF-SoC) semiconductor company specializing in integrated solutions for SATCOM, electronic warfare (EW), and radar systems using direct RF- and IF-sampling in combination with advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for Digital Beamforming (DBF) and wideband RF signal processing for space, aerospace, and defense applications. CesiumAstro announced the deal, Aug. 12.
CesiumAstro is aiming to build a strong vertically integrated satellite communications company. It aims to bring together advanced mixed-signal semiconductor technology, DSP , active phased arrays, software-defined payloads, waveforms, software and complete end-to-end communications and ISR satellites and multi-domain terrestrial terminals under one organization.
Bringing semiconductor design in-house it hopes will give it greater control over performance across the RF signal chain and enables tighter integration of silicon, hardware, software, and mission systems. This approach is designed to accelerate innovation while reducing size, weight, power, cost, and system complexity across space and terrestrial applications.
“This acquisition brings a foundational semiconductor capability into CesiumAstro. Integrating advanced mixed-signal semiconductor design in-house gives us greater control over performance from the RF front-end through complete mission system, while enabling us to field new capabilities faster. Combined with our expertise in software-defined communications, active phased arrays, payloads, and satellite platforms, Jariet strengthens our ability to deliver differentiated, high-performance systems at scale,” Shey Sabripour, Founder and CEO, CesiumAstro, said in a statement.
