CropX has acquired New Zealand-based Regen, provider of cloud-based effluent and irrigation decision support tools, the company announced Thursday. Current Regen customers now have access to CropX’s in-soil data and farm management analytics and automation tools. The CropX farm management platform uses Internet of Things (IoT) technology to analyze soil data and integrate it with…

GMV Innovating Solutions Limited has acquired NSL (Nottingham Scientific Limited), a British satellite navigation and critical applications company. GMV Innovating Solutions Limited is the U.K. aerospace company under Spanish technology multinational GMV. GMV will become the sole shareholder of NSL and set up the company GMV NSL, to be integrated into GMV’s set of companies.…

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…

Intelsat recently made the news with its acquisition of Gogo's Commercial Aviation division. The deal vertically integrates the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) business with service provider and satellite operator, which will create capacity efficiencies, industry analysts said. Intelsat CCO Samer Halawi spoke with Via Satellite about the deal, how Intelsat was able to make the acquisition…