Insider Brief:
- Filtronic has announced a strategic partnership and commercial agreement with SpaceX.
- The agreement, initially valued at $19.7 million (£15.8 million), includes the supply of E-band SSPA modules scheduled for delivery in FY2025.
- As part of the partnership, SpaceX has committed to ongoing orders for the next five years to ensure Filtronic remains a key part of its supply chain.
Filtronic, a leader in high-performance mmWave technologies, has announced a strategic partnership and commercial agreement with SpaceX.
This partnership entails the ongoing supply of Filtronic’s cutting-edge E-band Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPA), along with collaborative efforts to develop and deliver comparable products across multiple frequency bands crucial to SpaceX’s Starlink platform.
The agreement, initially valued at $19.7 million (£15.8 million), includes the supply of E-band SSPA modules scheduled for delivery in FY2025. Further orders are expected to follow to support the ongoing deployment of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, which aims to provide high-speed, low-latency internet to users worldwide.
As part of the partnership, SpaceX has committed to ongoing orders for the next five years to ensure Filtronic remains a key part of its supply chain.
Richard Gibbs, CEO of Filtronic, expressed his excitement about the partnership, stating, “We are delighted to enter into this important strategic agreement with SpaceX, a market leader in LEO satellite constellations. This ongoing partnership underlines our core value proposition of high-performance mmWave and operational excellence. It also provides Filtronic with the opportunity to scale manufacturing, build capability, and execute our technology roadmap. The team at Filtronic are excited to develop our existing relationship with SpaceX and secure the ongoing supply of E-band SSPAs. We also look forward to collaborating with the SpaceX engineering team to develop new products for use in the Starlink system.”
Mike Nicolls, SpaceX’s Vice President of Starlink Engineering, praised Filtronic as an outstanding supplier for Starlink. He noted, “Filtronic has been an outstanding supplier for Starlink. They have matched our rate ramp and increasing demand for high-quality parts. Their strong engineering teams have taken ownership of their production process to meet our needs, taking their designs from wafer to functional unit, and are delivering quality parts in E-band which will enable the Starlink network to continue to grow and connect millions of more people around the world with high-speed, low-latency broadband internet.”
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