The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today announced that L-3 Electron Technologies, Inc. (L-3 ETI) has become SIA’s newest member. L- 3 ETI is a leading provider of high-reliability products for space and defense customers. The company’s primary business area includes the manufacture of traveling wave tubes, electronic power conditioners, traveling wave tube amplifiers and electric propulsion systems for space and military applications.
SIA is a full-service trade association that represents commercial satellite companies as the unified voice of the U.S. satellite industry on policy, regulatory and legislative issues affecting the satellite business.
“SIA is very pleased towelcomeL-3 ETI to the Association,” said Tom Stroup, SIA’s President. “As a leading provider of satellite ion propulsion systems and RF signal amplifiers for communications satellites, the company is an ideal member of SIA. The addition of L-3 ETI also further augments the Association’s membership of innovative satellite and technology leaders.”
L-3 Electron Technologies, Inc. (L-3 ETI) is part of the Space & Power sector of L-3’s Communication Systems business segment. The company is known for its top-performing traveling wave tubes, electronic power conditioners and fully integrated traveling wave tube amplifiers, and has broadened its capabilities to include space-qualified state-of-the-art Xenon Ion Electric Thrusters and power processing units. To learn more about L-3 Electron Technologies, Inc., please visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com/ETI.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide and is a leading provider of a broad range of communication and electronic systems and products used on military and commercial platforms. L-3 is also a prime contractor in aerospace systems. The company reported 2015 sales of $10.5 billion. To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com.
About The Satellite Industry Association
SIA is a U.S.-based trade association providing representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and ground equipment suppliers. For more than two decades, SIA has advocated on behalf of the U.S. satellite industry on policy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the satellite business. For more information, visit www.sia.org.
SIA Executive Members include: The Boeing Company; DIRECTV; EchoStar Corporation; Intelsat S.A.; Iridium Communications Inc.; Kratos Defense & Security Solutions; Ligado Networks; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Northrop Grumman Corporation; OneWeb; SES Americom, Inc.; Space Exploration Technologies Corp.; SSL; and ViaSat, Inc. SIA Associate Members include: ABS US Corp.; Artel, LLC; COMSAT Inc.: DigitalGlobe Inc.; DRS Technologies, Inc.; Eutelsat America Corp.; Global Eagle Entertainment; Glowlink Communications Technology, Inc.; Hughes; iDirect Government Technologies; Inmarsat, Inc.; Kymeta Corporation; L-3 Electron Technologies, Inc.; O3b Limited; Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Planet; TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.; Telesat Canada; TrustComm, Inc.; Ultisat, Inc.; and XTAR, LLC.
