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Ascent Solar Technologies Expands Commercial and Defense Industry Expertise with Strategic Leadership Appointments

$ASTIPress releaseSep 9, 2026, 8:00 AM ETRead the release

Ascent Solar Technologies (Nasdaq: ASTI) appointed Tom Bawol as Director of Strategic Sales & Market Development and added LTG. Steve Smith to its Strategic Advisory Board as Strategic Advisor. Both bring U.S. Army backgrounds: Bawol served over 20 years in Special Forces before moving into energy infrastructure and federal technology sales, while Smith most recently oversaw approximately 700,000 personnel with a $4.8 billion budget at Western Hemisphere Command.

Key figures

Prior command personnel
700000
Prior command budget usd
$4.8 billion
Nameplate production capacity
5 MW

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