CesiumAstro Inc , pioneer of out-of-the-box high-performance multi-beam active phased array communication systems for space and airborne platforms has announced the closing of a $12 4 million Series A funding round led by Airbus Ventures Additional investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins Franklin Templeton Venture Fund Lavrock Ventures Honeywell Ventures and Analog Devices Ventures Funds will be used to scale the team and expand the development of a wide range of frequency offerings and system configurations to meet the growing demand for affordable high-throughput aerospace plug-and-play communications systems
Secure reliable and high-throughput software-defined data links are the backbone of next-generation space and airborne systems explains Shey Sabripour Cesium Founder and CEO This Series A round – together with the tremendous support of our new partners – accelerates the way we bring state-of-the-art technology to the core of next generation aerospace communications Our patent-pending hardware and software system architecture for the first time brings full-stack functionality of agile-beam communications payloads at an order of magnitude lower cost ”
The Cesium components can be modified for any aerospace application and are platform agnostic Built with commercial off-the-shelf technology Cesium products combine traditional aerospace reliability with modern technology on an industrial scale The plug-and-play communication systems bring phased array technology directly to system designers replacing a major R&D effort with a single product that works right out of the box
Mega constellations of low-Earth orbit LEO satellites are launching now and the skies will soon be filled with thousands of high-tech spacecraft Cesium’s unique abilities to intelligently optimize their power and bandwidth at low cost literally steering significantly improved connectivity to where it’s critically needed will accelerate the impact of these constellations systems said Thomas d’Halluin Managing Partner Airbus Ventures Silicon Valley With their leap in improved performance and lower costs over applications ranging from global communications and tactical awareness to formation-flight small satellites in deep space Cesium becomes a key partner for us at Airbus Ventures accelerating humanity’s ascent of the vertical axis from the ground to deep space ”
Spectrum is a limited natural resource that must be better shared to enable the plethora of mobile devices that require wireless connectivity Over the next ten years market demand for spectrum will grow exponentially said Wen Hsieh General Partner Kleiner Perkins Cesium provides small form factor smart antennas and phased arrays to dynamically re-use frequencies enabling rapidly-scalable and customizable wireless platforms at high bandwidth and substantially lower cost ”
Cesium’s full-stack platforms cover highly diverse applications With better higher-speed connectivity enabled by Cesium the commercial aircraft industry can offer significant productivity gains to every passenger and streamed entertainment to every seat With a new age of high-resiliency distributed space systems facilitated by Cesium’s platforms government satellites can better improve international security Decentralized remote sensing imaging and space-based edge computing are rapidly forming the next generation of data infrastructure and all of these revolutions democratizing access to space are powered by Cesium’s intelligent phased array platform
Career opportunities for engineers and business professionals are available at http://www cesiumastro com/careers
About CesiumAstro
CesiumAstro was founded in , by Shey Sabripour a veteran spacecraft design engineer technology innovator and executive with 24 years of experience at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Cesium delivers highly reliable integrated communications systems for the satellite UAV and other space and airborne markets The company offers complete turn-key solutions scalable for a full array of customers in the commercial government and military sectors Current clients include NASA U S Missile Defense Agency Department of the Navy DARPA Northrop Grumman and commercial clients building large scale small satellite constellations All Cesium products are designed and built in Austin TX
About Airbus Ventures
Airbus Ventures is the venture capital arm of Airbus inheriting its adaptive innovation system thinking and international mindset Building on this heritage Airbus Ventures closely supports its portfolio companies to better understand team and promote their founders businesses
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