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Garmin generated $7.2 billion in sales last year across its fitness, outdoor, marine, automotive and aviation businesses. CEO Cliff Pemble, the company’s sixth employee when hired in 1989, has been with Garmin throughout its growth.
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Garmin generated $7.2 billion in sales last year across its fitness, outdoor, marine, automotive and aviation businesses. CEO Cliff Pemble, the company’s sixth employee when hired in 1989, has been with Garmin throughout its growth.
Lt. Col. Michael Frick outlines Germany’s Space Innovation Gateway, a platform connecting space startups with defense and government stakeholders. He explains how the initiative is intended to turn entrepreneurial activity into operational impact—and why innovation should be assessed by results rather than novelty alone.
LiveEO CEO Daniel Seidel discusses the INSPECTEO award’s combination of optical and synthetic-aperture radar data, Berlin’s financing guarantee for the company’s satellites and a more collaborative approach emerging across Europe’s space industry.
At the Space Defense and Security Summit in Paris, BlackSky CEO Brian O’Toole identified sovereign customers as the company’s leading market opportunity. In an interview with Via Satellite, O’Toole discussed demand across defense and sovereign markets and BlackSky’s positioning in those segments.
SES Vice President of Product Development Engineering David Mathewson discusses the company’s plans for satellite development, the strategic advantages of operating across multiple orbits and the capabilities being introduced on its medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites.
Fredrik Gustavsson of SWISSto12 discusses the company’s approach to profitable growth and the use of 3D-printed payloads in the space industry at WSBW 2026. The conversation highlights the intersection of commercial performance and advanced manufacturing in space hardware.
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At the International Space Summit, Astrolab’s Manny Shar discusses the company’s effort to develop a lunar rover in just 17 months. The project highlights the pace, engineering demands and commercial ambitions shaping the emerging market for lunar mobility systems.
NATO has made a series of significant space-defense announcements over the past two months, according to NCIA General Manager Dylan Browne. The developments signal that space is becoming a more central element of the alliance’s defense planning and investment priorities.
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