Inmarsat announced the appointments of Barry French as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) and Jat Brainch as Chief Commercial and Product Officer (CCPO).

To explain the features and benefits of ST Engineering iDirect's newly-launched Mx-DMA Multi-Resolution Coding (MRC technology, Satellite Executive Briefing spoke with Bart Van Poucke, Vice-President of Product Management, ST Engineering iDirect.  Excerpts of the interview follows:

Avanti Communications Group  announced the appointment of Vikas Grover  as its new Chief Technology Officer.Grover was recently the founding Chief Information Officer at OneWeb, where he led Global Networks, IT Platforms and Security.  Grover will succeed Scott Richardson in the role, who will be leaving the company.

Kleos Space' US subsidiary; Kleos Space Inc., has appointed experienced satellite software and systems engineer Vincent "Vinny" Furia as Technical Director. In the newly created role,  Furia will report to the CTO, with responsibility for effective and efficient development and deployment of the Kleos space based systems (progressing towards a constellation of satellite clusters), ground support, analytics and data delivery.

Astra Space today announced that Giovanni Greco joined the company as Vice President of Vehicle Engineering. Greco comes from Blue Origin, where he served as Chief Engineer of the New Shepard program.

“I’ve spent my career working on all kinds of vehicles, and am excited to apply this experience at Astra to build a new generation of space services,” said Greco. “I’ll be joining a world-class team of engineers whose work will help unlock the countless benefits of connecting our planet through space.”

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) today announced that Tony Frazier has been elected to the Iridium Board of Directors, effective March 9, 2021.  As a director on the Iridium Board, Frazier will help with strategic oversight of Iridium’s business enterprise.

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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) announces the appointment of Isaac Angel as Gilat’s Chairman of the Board. Angel’s appointment is effective immediately taking over from Dov Baharav who has stepped down and retired after a seven-year tenure.

Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Lou Dubin, Senior Vice-President of Product Management of  Comtech EF Data. Lou joined Comtech EF Data in 2008, through the acquisition of Radyne Corporation.