BridgeComm is a company that specializes in optical wireless communication (OWC) solutions and services for high-speed, secure data transmission across various domains including space, air, land, and sea. They provide point-to-multipoint free-space optical communications and post-quantum encryption to enhance bandwidth and security for government, enterprise, and space-based applications. Key partners include Space Micro and Nokia, and they focus on supporting the growing demands of the space economy and terrestrial telecom sectors. BridgeComm's technology overcomes limitations of traditional networks, offering connectivity at up to 100 gigabits per second.
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Voyager Technologies acquired ElectroMagnetic Systems, Exoterra, BridgeComm, Estes Energetics, and Optical Physics to expand capabilities in radar analytics, electric propulsion, optical communications, solid rocket motors, and star trackers.
Last month, Voyager Technologies acquired proprietary technology in optical communications from BridgeComm.
Voyager Technologies has acquired BridgeComm Technologies to enhance its optical communications solutions for defense and commercial markets.
Voyager Technologies has completed the acquisition of BridgeComm Technologies.
Voyager Technologies acquired proprietary technology from BridgeComm Technologies on September 22, 2025.
BridgeComm has been relatively quiet in recent years, and its most recent CEO, Michael Abad-Santos, has not been with the company for more than a year.
BridgeComm developed optical communication terminals and optical ground stations.
Voyager Technologies has acquired proprietary technology in optical communications from BridgeComm.
Barry Matsumori was the CEO of BridgeComm, Inc. for nearly five years.
Under Barry Matsumori's leadership, BridgeComm, Inc. changed how data is transmitted and received globally.
BridgeComm, Inc. achieved significant milestones and formed invaluable partnerships during Barry Matsumori's tenure.
BridgeComm developed a one-to-many optical communications technology for point-to-multipoint transmissions to reduce the number of terminals required for constellations.
The Space Development Agency awarded BridgeComm and Space Micro a $1,700,000 Small Business Innovation Research contract to demonstrate one-to-many optical communications technology over two years.
BridgeComm began work in 2018 to develop a One-to-Many capability layer for optical wireless communications applications in the form of MOCA technology.
HyspecIQ selected BridgeComm to provide optical communications capabilities as a redundant capability alongside radio frequency links for its satellites.
BridgeComm Inc. is one of the other major partners in HySpecIQ’s strategic plan to manufacture and launch hyperspectral imaging satellites.
BridgeComm plans to establish a global network of optical communications ground stations and an optical communications constellation in low Earth orbit.
The agreement between HySpecIQ and BridgeComm was announced on 2021-10-04.
BridgeComm’s AstroBridge OISL provides robust and secure transmissions using MOCA technology via radio frequency and optical lasers.
BridgeComm entered a strategic partnership with Space Micro on 2021-09-07 to design, develop, and test optical communications technology for U.S. government and commercial customers.