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According to Slidstvo.Info, Gilat SkyEdge satellite communication complexes, which were produced in Ukraine, tens of thousands were supplied to Russia. The plant of the American company Jabil Circuit in Uzhgorod produced systems for the Israeli Gilat Satellite.
According to customs declarations, to which journalists received access, about 22 thousand systems worth about $5 million were imported into Russia in 2023. In 2022, equipment worth $840 thousand came to Russia. There is also numerous evidence Russians' use of these systems at the front. Gilat satellite communications are widely sold in Russia and their suitability for “their own” is especially noted.
Gilat satellite complexes work with Russian satellites of the Yamal and Express networks according to the principle of satellite TV – you need to point the antenna at a stationary satellite. For Russian occupiers, such systems, as well as the presence of their own satellites, are more secure from the point of view of tracking and suppression, that is, in fact, better in this regard than Starlink.
According to investigators, for more than 20 years Gilat Satellite Networks has been helping Russians develop satellite communications and is a partner of the largest cellular operators in the Russian Federation, and is also involved in military and police communications. Russians are purchasing Gilat systems this year as well.
Uzhgorod-made systems were supplied to Russia from Israel and Turkey – and Ukraine was indicated as the country of origin. The company also supplied equipment from the Philippines to the Russian Federation (16 thousand sets are known). The beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine did not stop supplies – on the contrary, the number of orders increased significantly.
A significant part of the goods produced by the Uzhgorod Jabil Circuit plant is exported to Hungary. It must be said that with the beginning of the invasion, Jabil, unlike Gilat, withdrew from Russia, including the closure of existing production facilities. It is also declared that the Uzhgorod enterprise does not export to Russia – which contradicts the available facts. It was the Russian customs broker who indicated Ukraine as the country of origin according to the information confirmed by the sender.
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It’s interesting that Gilat Satellite Networks also carries out military orders for the United States. In February 2024, an American subsidiary of Gilat received an order for portable satellite communication concentrators worth $10 million
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