Astrotech Subsidiary 1st Detect Appoints Industry Veteran David Spada as Director of Global Sales to Expand Global Reach of TRACER 1000™
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Source: GlobeNewswire
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq: ASTC) (the “Company” or “Astrotech”) today announced that its subsidiary, 1st Detect Corporation (“1st Detect”), has appointed industry veteran, David Spada, as Director of Global Sales. This strategic hire strengthens 1st Detect's commercial leadership as the company scales deployment of its TRACER 1000™ mass spectrometry-based explosives and narcotics trace detector across international security markets. Mr. Spada brings over a decade of specialized trace detection experience to the 1st Detect team. Throughout his career at Implant Sciences, Morpho Detection, and Rapiscan Systems, Mr. Spada has held positions of increasing responsibility in product management, strategy, and business development. He was instrumental in commercializing several of the industry’s highest-grossing global trace detectors and was previously accountable for trace detection sales revenue and strategy for the Americas, while s
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- Astrotech Subsidiary 1st Detect Appoints Industry Veteran David Spada as Director of Global Sales to Expand Global Reach of TRACER 1000™ [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) had its "sell (d-)" rating reaffirmed by analysts at <a style="font-weight:bold" href="https://weissratings.com/">Weiss Ratings</a>.MarketBeat
- 1st Detect's Aviation Security Technology Ready to Support the U.S. Aviation Security Modernization Initiative [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- 1st Detect's Aviation Security Technology Ready to Support the U.S. Aviation Security Modernization InitiativeGlobeNewswire
- Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) had its "sell (d-)" rating reaffirmed by analysts at <a style="font-weight:bold" href="https://weissratings.com/">Weiss Ratings</a>.MarketBeat
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Sec Filings
- 1/28/26 - Form S-3
- 12/23/25 - Form SCHEDULE
- 12/17/25 - Form 8-K
- ASTC's page on the SEC website