Focus: Mergers and Acquisitions

Commercial space station company Vast is acquiring Launcher for its space tug and hosted payload products. Vast announced the acquisition on Tuesday, terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Vast […]

Intuitive Machines began trading on the Nasdaq on Tuesday after using a special purpose acquisition company merger (SPAC) to go public. Intuitive Machines is a space infrastructure company to supply […]

Aerospace and defense engineering firm Boecore has acquired space software company Orbit Logic. Boecore said this acquisition will strengthen its software development and specialized mission operations capabilities and bring new […]

CesiumAstro has acquired TXMission, a company based in the United Kingdom that develops software-defined radios and modems for satellites. CesiumAstro, which builds ​​active phased arrays, said the deal will help […]

GapSat is acquiring QBX Limited, an Isle of Man based satellite solutions and consulting services company, GapSat announced Jan. 16. QBX has a portfolio of satellite radio frequency spectrum and […]

L3Harris Technologies on Tuesday closed its $2 billion acquisition of Viasat’s Tactical Data Links (TDL) product line, strengthening its focus on the Defense Department’s efforts to link its systems and sensors […]

L3Harris Technologies is selling its Visual Information Solutions (VIS) commercial geospatial technology and software business to engineering services company NV5 Global. NV5 announced the acquisition on Dec. 22 and did […]

L3Harris Technologies on Tuesday said it has received all U.S. and international regulatory approvals for its pending acquisition of the tactical data link product line from Viasat, with the deal now […]

Nearly a year after the collapse of a proposed deal by Lockheed Martin to buy engine and rocket maker Aerojet Rocketdyne, the only independent supplier of tactical rocket motors and engines for […]

Maxar Technologies on Friday said it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Advent International for about $4 billion in cash, a $53 per share price that […]

Satellite startup E-Space announced a deal on Monday to acquire CommAgility from the Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. for $14.5 million.  E-Space said CommAgility is the largest stand-alone developer of embedded […]

Maxar Technologies on Thursday said it acquired Wovenware, which specializes in artificial intelligence and software developing, and will make the Puerto Rico-based company one of its software development and AI/machine learning […]

Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace finalized its acquisition of NanoAvionics and announced R&D investment in the company on Tuesday, including a focus on defense-grade reliability for its satellite buses.  The […]

Eutelsat and OneWeb provided a strategy update on their proposed combination on Wednesday, sharing more details about 1.5 billion euros in incremental synergies and the Gen-2 OneWeb constellation, expected to […]

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) could soon refer Viasat’s pending Inmarsat acquisition to a deeper investigation due to how it might lessen competitiveness in the in-flight connectivity […]

The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire a majority share of the spacecraft company York Space Systems, which has a prime contracting role in […]

Viasat is selling its Link 16 Tactical Data Links (TDL) business to L3Harris Technologies in a nearly $2 billion divestiture that the companies say sharpens Viasat’s core focus and deepens […]

Redwire Corporation announced a deal Monday to acquire QinetiQ Space NV (“Space NV”) for 32 million euros ($31 million). Space NV, based in Belgium, is owned by QinetiQ Group plc […]

The U.K. government approved the Viasat/Inmarsat business combination on Friday under the National Security & Investment Act. This is one step in Viasat’s necessary approvals from the U.K. government and […]

Breeze Holdings, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and D-Orbit, the Italian space logistics company, have canceled their planned merger due to a change in the financial markets. […]

Anuvu announced a deal on Aug. 11 to acquire Signal Mountain, which provides satcom services to the U.S. government. Anuvu said this acquisition will expand its existing government business. Financial […]

Private equity firm Affiliates of Antarctica Capital has acquired a controlling interest in geospatial intelligence company Descartes Labs.  The deal was announced on August 4, and financial terms were not […]

SES CEO Steve Collar would not confirm or deny reports that merger talks are underway between SES and Intelsat in a call with investors on Thursday. Collar spoke on Aug. […]

Eutelsat and OneWeb have reached an agreement to combine, bringing together satellite assets in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for multi-orbit service. The companies announced the news early Tuesday, […]

Raytheon Technologies on Monday said its United Kingdom-based subsidiary has agreed to acquire another U.K.-based company, Northern Space and Security Ltd. (NORSS), that specializes in space domain awareness. Terms of […]

NanoAvionics, the highly touted, Lithuanian startup small satellite company is set to be acquired by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) under a deal announced earlier this month. The acquisition could enable NanoAvionics […]

Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace is acquiring smallsat manufacturer NanoAvionics under a deal announced Tuesday, valuing NanoAvionics at 65 million euros ($67 million). Kongsberg will acquire 77% of the […]

A new report from Credit Suisse explores possibilities for consolidation among the largest companies in the satellite sector, estimating that in the event that SES and Intelsat merged, it could […]

Satellite IoT network operator Astrocast announced a deal to acquire Hiber on Monday. Hiber, based in the Netherlands, provides IoT services using satellite connectivity. Astrocast cited a number of reasons […]

Space data and analytics company SatSure has acquired Philadelphia-based geospatial services company Old City Innovations in a bid to enter the U.S. market. Old City Innovations (OCI), formerly Geospoc LLC, […]