Lockheed Martin’s surprise announcement Sunday that it has agreed to acquire propulsion systems developer and manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne in a $4.4 billion deal, will lead to better integrated end products and improved manufacturing, James Taiclet, the company’s president and CEO said on Monday. Aerojet Rocketdyne is a supplier of rocket and tactical motors to Lockheed…

Raytheon Technologies has agreed to acquire a developer and manufacturer of small satellites and related components, Blue Canyon Technologies, the company announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in early 2021 pending regulatory approvals, were not disclosed. The pending acquisition will provide Raytheon Technologies’ Intelligence and Space segment with a small, agile player…

Space solutions company Redwire on Thursday said it has acquired Roccor, a designer and manufacturer of subsystems and products for small satellites. Roccor, which is based in Longmont, Colo., provides structures and systems for small satellites. Its products include deployable booms, antennas, thermal products, solar arrays, deorbit devices and structures. The company has been involved on…

Applied Composites on Wednesday said it has acquired Alliance Spacesystems, LLC, a developer and manufacturer of composite structures and assemblies for the commercial, civil and government satellite markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is the fifth by Applied Composites, which was created by the private equity firm AE Industrial (AEI) Partners. Based…