{"id":17720,"date":"2020-05-06T22:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/amergint-acquires-tethers-unlimited-to-focus-on-satellite-communications-and-space-services\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T22:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T14:44:59","slug":"amergint-acquires-tethers-unlimited-to-focus-on-satellite-communications-and-space-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/amergint-acquires-tethers-unlimited-to-focus-on-satellite-communications-and-space-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Amergint acquires Tethers Unlimited to focus on satellite communications and space services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An artist\u2019s conception shows Tethers Unlimited\u2019s LEO Knight robotic servicing spacecraft working on the company\u2019s HyperBus payload platform. (Tethers Unlimited Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colorado-based Amergint Technology Holdings says it has acquired Tethers Unlimited, a Bothell, Wash.-based space venture that\u2019s working on a wide range of government-funded projects.<\/p>\n

In a news release, Amergint said the deal will bring together the two companies\u2019 teams to provide integrated end-to-end solutions for satellite communications and in-space services.<\/p>\n

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Tethers Unlimited was founded in 1994 by Rob Hoyt and the late science-fiction author Robert L. Forward, initially with the idea of developing tethers as power-generating and orbit-changing tools for spacecraft.<\/p>\n

Since then, the company has widened its focus to encompass other space technologies including software-defined radios, satellite propulsion systems and robotic systems for in-space manufacturing and servicing.<\/p>\n

Under Hoyt\u2019s leadership as CEO, Tethers Unlimited Inc. has been a consistent recipient of government contracts for technology development. Just this week, NASA awarded two $750,000 small-business grants to the company for work on its HyperBus payload platform and a robotic tool-changing interface known as ARTIE. Its 3-D printer and plastic recycler has been undergoing testing on the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

Amergint specializes in software-defined communications technology for military, intelligence and commercial customers \u2014 and it\u2019s on the rise. Last month, the company acquired Raytheon\u2019s space-based optics business and announced a partnership with Abaco Systems to develop new capabilities for electronic-warfare communications.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s news release, Hoyt said \u201cjoining forces with Amergint makes tremendous sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCombining Amergint\u2019s ground-based processors and modems with TUI\u2019s software-defined satellite radios and mesh network solution enables us to provide flexible, affordable, secure and resilient end-to-end communications services that scale to meet the needs of the hybrid space architectures under development by the Space Force, the Space Development Agency, DARPA, USAF and the intelligence community,\u201d Hoyt said.<\/p>\n

Amergint CEO Larry Hill said he was \u201cthrilled to welcome Rob and the team at TUI into our family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when our customers are increasingly focused on integrated communications and data networks, we are excited to close the link between software-defined solutions from the ground architecture to the spacecraft,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tethers Unlimited will continue to operate in Bothell as an Amergint subsidiary, and in response to an email inquiry, Amergint told GeekWire that no management changes are planned at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An artist\u2019s conception shows Tethers Unlimited\u2019s LEO Knight robotic servicing spacecraft working on the company\u2019s HyperBus payload platform. (Tethers Unlimited Illustration) Colorado-based Amergint Technology Holdings says it has acquired Tethers Unlimited, a Bothell, Wash.-based space venture that\u2019s working on a wide range of government-funded projects. In a news release, Amergint said the deal will bring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4827,4803,20,442,4828,4793],"class_list":["post-17720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amergint","tag-radio","tag-satellite","tag-satellites","tag-software-defined-network","tag-tethers-unlimited"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}