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Iridium Communications Inc. reported Research And Development Expense of $19.76 million for the year ending 2025.
- Iridium Communications Inc. showed a decrease of -30.5% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
- This data is from Iridium Communications Inc.'s annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on February 12, 2026.
- XBRL data for this metric is available from 2009 to 2025 (17 years of filings). Earlier data may not exist in machine-readable XBRL format as companies adopted electronic filing at different times.
- Quarterly values from 10-Q filings: Q2 2010: $8.13 million | Q3 2010: $2.31 million | Q1 2011: $4.27 million | Q2 2011: $3.38 million | Q3 2011: $3.12 million | Q1 2012: $5.69 million | Q2 2012: $3.43 million | Q3 2012: $3.62 million | Q1 2013: $1.66 million | Q2 2013: $1.74 million | Q3 2013: $3.13 million | Q1 2014: $2.12 million | Q2 2014: $4.65 million | Q3 2014: $4.91 million | Q1 2015: $4.13 million | Q2 2015: $4.42 million | Q3 2015: $3.48 million | Q1 2016: $2.56 million | Q2 2016: $4.01 million | Q3 2016: $5.04 million | Q1 2017: $3.23 million | Q2 2017: $3.01 million | Q3 2017: $3.98 million | Q1 2018: $4.58 million | Q2 2018: $5.57 million | Q3 2018: $5.06 million | Q1 2019: $3.61 million | Q2 2019: $4.29 million | Q3 2019: $2.82 million | Q1 2020: $2.44 million | Q2 2020: $2.38 million | Q3 2020: $3.12 million | Q1 2021: $2.72 million | Q2 2021: $2.62 million | Q3 2021: $2.82 million | Q1 2022: $2.62 million | Q2 2022: $2.99 million | Q3 2022: $4.87 million | Q1 2023: $3.88 million | Q2 2023: $5.63 million | Q3 2023: $5.04 million | Q1 2024: $7.20 million | Q2 2024: $6.51 million | Q3 2024: $6.19 million | Q1 2025: $5.42 million | Q2 2025: $4.28 million | Q3 2025: $4.94 million.
- Over the full 17 years of available data (2009 to 2025), Iridium Communications Inc.'s Research And Development Expense has grown by 230.7%.
- Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $19.76 million | Fiscal year 2024: $28.42 million | Fiscal year 2023: $20.27 million | Fiscal year 2022: $16.22 million | Fiscal year 2021: $11.89 million | Fiscal year 2020: $12.04 million | Fiscal year 2019: $14.31 million | Fiscal year 2018: $22.43 million | Fiscal year 2017: $15.25 million | Fiscal year 2016: $16.08 million | Fiscal year 2015: $16.14 million | Fiscal year 2014: $17.59 million | Fiscal year 2013: $11.15 million | Fiscal year 2012: $15.53 million | Fiscal year 2011: $18.68 million | Fiscal year 2010: $19.18 million | Fiscal year 2009: $5.97 million.
- Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 8, 2026.
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