Satcom Direct Communications completes acquisition of Airbus U.S. Government business unit

Global aeronautical communications provider Satcom Direct Communications (SDC), has closed its purchase of Airbus DS SatCom Government (ASGI), expanding its market presence and offerings to the U.S. government sector. ASGI has been renamed Satcom Direct Government, Inc. and to acknowledge its heritage as part of COMSAT Mobile, will do business as “COMSAT”. The close of the acquisition is being celebrated at the Satellite 2016 conference occurring now in Washington, D.C. SDC has acquired all of ASGI’s business operations as well as two satellite earth stations located on the East and West Coasts of the United States. With a direct lineage from the COMSAT organization that was created by the Communications Satellite Act of 1962, the company has played an important role in the satellite industry from its inception to present day.