Satellite Industry Association Congratulates Neil Jacobs Following His Senate Confirmation as NOAA Administrator

Washington, D.C., October 8, 2025 – The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today congratulated Neil Jacobs following his confirmation by the United States Senate as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Dr. Jacobs previously served as the Acting U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the head of NOAA during President Trump’s first Administration. Prior to this, he was the Chief Atmospheric Scientist at Panasonic Avionics Corporation, where he directed the research and development of both the aviation weather observing program, as well as the numerical forecast models. He was the Chair of the American Meteorological Society’s Forecast Improvement Group and also served on the World Meteorological Organization’s aircraft-based observing systems expert team. Dr. Jacobs holds two Bachelor of Science degrees, in mathematics and physics, from the University of South Carolina, and a Master of Science and a PhD in atmospheric science from North Carolina State University.

“On behalf of SIA and its members, I would like to congratulate Neil Jacobs on being confirmed by the Senate as the new NOAA Administrator,” said Tom Stroup, president of the Satellite Industry Association. “Dr. Jacobs brings a wealth of expertise having previously served with commercial providers of weather data and as head of NOAA. SIA looks forward to working with him and the entire NOAA leadership team to help ensure America’s continued leadership in satellite meteorological innovation and domination of the global space economy.”

About The Satellite Industry Association
SIA is a U.S.-based trade association providing representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and ground equipment suppliers. For more than two decades, SIA has advocated on behalf of the U.S. satellite industry on policy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the satellite business. For more information, visit www.sia.org.

SIA Executive Members include: Amazon; Comtech; DIRECTV; EchoStar Corporation; Eutelsat Group; HawkEye 360; Intelsat S.A.; Iridium Communications Inc.; Kratos Defense & Security Solutions; Ligado Networks; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Planet Labs PBC; SES Americom, Inc.; Spire Global Inc.; and Viasat Inc. SIA Associate Members include: The Aerospace Corporation; Artel, LLC; AST Space Mobile; Astranis Space Technologies Corp.; The Boeing Company; Eutelsat America Corp + OneWeb Technologies; ExoAnalytic Solutions; Integrasys LLC; Kinematics; Kymeta Corporation; Ovzon; Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Skyloom and Telesat. SIA Affiliate Members include: AvL Technologies; COMSAT; Cooley LLP; DLA Piper; Globalstar; Greenberg Traurig LLP; Hogan Lovells; Jenner & Block; Keysight Technologies, Inc.; Media Broadcast Satellite; Orbital Research; Peraton; Plexus Corp; Quadsat; Sheppard Mullin; Wiley; Xairos Systems Inc., and XTAR, LLC.

Media and PR Contact: Dean Hirasawa
Satellite Industry Association
Email: dhirasawa@sia.org
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