12.12.2018 – Astrotech Announces 1st Detect Passes Europe's ECAC Test, Expects Global Airport Sales of TRACER 1000 to Follow
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, 1st Detect, has received initial notice that its explosives trace detector (ETD), the TRACER 1000, has successfully passed the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)’s Common Evaluation Process (CEP) for airport checkpoint screening of passengers. The TRACER 1000 is the first mass spectrometry-based ETD to...
12.10.2018 – Astrotech Announces Results from Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) (the “Company”) announced the results of its fiscal year 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on December 7, 2018. Shareholders voted in favor of all proposals, which are as follows: (1) to elect five directors to the Company’s Board of Directors; (2) to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for...
11.13.2018 – Astrotech Reports First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 ended September 30, 2018.
Astrotech’s 1st Detect subsidiary recently accomplished significant milestones by being accepted by both the U.S. Transportation Security Agency (TSA) and the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) for testing of its mass spectrometry-based explosives trace detector...
10.09.2018 – Astrotech Announces Investment from CEO and Current Shareholder
Astrotech Corporation ("Astrotech" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ASTC) today announced that it has entered into and closed a private placement of the sale of its equity securities for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $3 million, before deducting offering-related expenses. The Company plans to use the proceeds from the financing primarily for working capital and general...
09.24.2018 – Astrotech Reports Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Results
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman and CEO of Astrotech, stated, “Fiscal 2018 was an excellent year in terms of product endorsement at 1st Detect. We achieved three major milestones toward our goal of securing airports, borders, package distribution centers, and other public venues from...
07.09.2018 – Astrotech's Astral Images Partners with Post-Production House for Film Restoration
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) subsidiary Astral Images – a company that develops film-to-digital image enhancement, defect removal, and color correction technologies – and ColorTime, LLC, a post-production house specializing in media content creation, restoration, and distribution, today announced an agreement for ColorTime to incorporate Astral Images’ Image Correction and Enhancement (ICE™)...
07.03.2018 – Astrotech Files Universal Shelf Registration on Form S-3
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) today announced that it has filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. The registration statement is intended to provide the company with efficient access to...
06.29.2018 – Astrotech Announces Changes to Board of Directors and Compensation Actions to Promote Cost Savings
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) today announced several changes to its Board of Directors. With a view toward reducing costs, the board size will be reduced to four, and the company’s Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas B. Pickens III, will voluntarily reduce...
06.19.2018 – Astrotech's 1st Detect Announces TRACER 1000 Accepted into European Evaluation Process for Security Screening in Airports
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) subsidiary 1st Detect announces that the TRACER 1000 will enter the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)’s Common Evaluation Process (CEP) for airport checkpoint screening of passengers and cargo in the coming months...
05.14.2018 – Astrotech Reports Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Results
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 ended March 31, 2018. “In the third quarter, we made progress at 1st Detect, announcing two key milestones regarding our newly developed TRACER 1000, which detects trace amounts of military, commercial, and homemade explosives, plus narcotic substances such as fentanyl,” said Thomas B. Pickens III...
04.04.2018 – Astrotech's 1st Detect Announces TRACER 1000 Begins Testing for Passenger Screening at Airports
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) subsidiary 1st Detect today announced that its new explosives trace detector (ETD), the TRACER 1000, has entered into Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Transportation Security...
03.27.2018 – Astrotech's 1st Detect Announces TRACER 1000 Accepted into TSA's Air Cargo Screening Qualification Program
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) subsidiary 1st Detect today announced that its new explosives trace detector (ETD), the TRACER 1000, has been accepted into the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s Air Cargo Screening Technology Qualification Test (ACSQT)...
02.08.2018 – Astrotech Reports Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Results
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 ended December 31, 2017. “In the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, we made further progress under the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement we previously signed with the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Transportation Security Laboratory by...
01.29.2018 – Astrotech to Demo 1st Detect's TRACER 1000 to U.S. and Foreign Government Agencies
Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) will demonstrate 1st Detect’s mass spectrometry-based explosives and narcotics detector, the TRACER 1000, at Stand 529 at the Border Security Expo (BSE) in San Antonio, TX from Jan. 31st to Feb. 2nd, 2018. “With high-level decision makers from throughout the world in attendance, the Border Security Expo is an excellent venue to showcase the TRACER 1000 to our target audience...