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CesiumAstro acquires semiconductor firm Jariet Technologies

CesiumAstro · Jariet Technologies

CesiumAstro is buying RF chipmaker Jariet Technologies to build its own satellite semiconductors in-house.

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  2. [2]trade press · corroborationintelligencecommunitynews.com↗

what happened

CesiumAstro announced on August 12 that it acquired Jariet Technologies, a fabless mmWave RF System-on-Chip semiconductor company based in Redondo Beach, California, for an undisclosed sum. Jariet, which has about 100 employees across the US and Switzerland, becomes a wholly owned CesiumAstro subsidiary and continues serving its existing SATCOM, electronic warfare, and radar customers.

why it matters

CesiumAstro says the deal brings semiconductor design in-house, giving it control over performance from the RF front end through the full mission system for its planned Synchronicity communications constellation. It is the latest step in a vertical-integration push among satcom manufacturers looking to cut supply-chain dependence on outside chipmakers.

signal-to-noise

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4/5
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quick facts

Companies
CesiumAstro, Jariet Technologies
Category
financial
Impact
notable
SNR
4 / 5
Event date
2026-08-12
Published
2026-08-14 05:26 UTC
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