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Redwire Acquires Oakman Aerospace

January 19, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Redwire, a PE-backed space infrastructure company formed by AE Industrial Partners, has acquired Oakman Aerospace, a Littleton, Colorado-based provider of digital engineering, spacecraft and satellite design, and mission payload services. The acquisition expands Redwire’s digital engineering and modular open-systems capabilities to support a broader range of space missions; terms were not disclosed.

Redwire Corporation Acquires Edge Autonomy

June 13, 2025

Aerospace & Defense

Redwire Corporation completed its acquisition of Edge Autonomy, integrating Edge Autonomy's field-proven uncrewed airborne systems (UAS) technology into Redwire's aerospace and defense platform. The deal expands Redwire's manufacturing and innovation footprint, strengthens multi-domain autonomous capabilities across space and airborne operations, and is expected to be immediately accretive to revenue and Adjusted EBITDA.

Redwire Corporation Acquires Hera Systems, Inc.

August 14, 2024

Aerospace & Defense

Redwire Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hera Systems, a San Jose–based spacecraft developer focused on national security space missions. The acquisition is intended to expand Redwire's spacecraft portfolio and capabilities in GEO and other orbits to support national security customers; Hera reported $15 million in revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires Deep Space Systems

June 1, 2020

Aerospace & Defense

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) acquired Deep Space Systems (DSS) and will combine it with Adcole Space to form Redwire, a new space-technology platform focused on mission-critical space systems and high-reliability electronics. The deal brings DSS’s spacecraft engineering, payloads, and ground support capabilities into the AEI-backed Redwire platform to expand scale and complementary capabilities for government and commercial space customers.

Redwire Acquires Deployable Space Systems (DSS)

February 23, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Redwire has acquired Deployable Space Systems (DSS), a Goleta, California-based developer of deployable solar arrays, structures and spacecraft mechanisms. The acquisition — Redwire's seventh since formation by AE Industrial Partners — expands Redwire's space infrastructure capabilities and adds DSS's patented ROSA and other deployable technologies to its product portfolio.

Redwire Acquires Roccor

October 29, 2020

Aerospace & Defense

Redwire has acquired Roccor, a Longmont, Colorado manufacturer of deployable booms, structures, antennas, thermal products and solar arrays for small satellites. Terms were not disclosed; the deal adds Roccor’s flight‑proven hardware to the Redwire platform (a company formed and backed by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners) to expand Redwire’s space infrastructure capabilities.