Rocket Lab Completes Merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation

Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium Communications

September 24, 2026

Telecommunications

Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium Communications in a merger in which Iridium stockholders are to receive $27.00 in cash plus Rocket Lab shares for each Iridium share, for a stated notional value of $54.00 per share. Iridium stockholders approved the merger, but the transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions and is expected to be completed by mid-2027.

Rocket Lab Corporation Completes Acquisition of Motiv Space Systems (Motiv Rebranded as Rocket Lab Robotics)

May 10, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Rocket Lab Corporation completed its acquisition of Motiv Space Systems, a California-based space robotics and precision mechanisms company. Motiv is being rebranded as Rocket Lab Robotics and is expected to deepen Rocket Lab’s vertically integrated Mars and space-infrastructure capabilities, including precision spacecraft mechanisms used in high-power systems like orbital data centers.

Rocket Companies Acquires Mr. Cooper Group in $9.4 Billion All-Stock Transaction

March 31, 2025

Financial Services

Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Mr. Cooper Group Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at $9.4 billion in equity value (based on an 11.0x exchange ratio). The combined company is expected to service a combined mortgage portfolio of more than $2.1 trillion across nearly 10 million clients and generate substantial revenue and cost synergies.

L3Harris to Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne

December 18, 2022

Aerospace & Defense

L3Harris Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. for $58 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.7 billion inclusive of net debt. The deal, financed with cash and new debt, will combine Aerojet Rocketdyne’s propulsion and energetics capabilities (about $2.3 billion in revenue and ~5,200 employees) with L3Harris to strengthen defense propulsion, hypersonics and missile-defense offerings; the transaction is expected to close subject to regulatory approvals in 2023.

Rocket Lab Acquires SolAero Holdings

December 13, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Rocket Lab signed a definitive agreement to acquire SolAero Holdings, Inc. for $80 million in cash, to add SolAero’s space solar power products and precision aerospace structures to its space systems business. The transaction was later closed, with SolAero’s leadership expected to continue under its President and CEO, Brad Clevenger.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Acquires Planetary Systems Corporation

November 15, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) completed the acquisition of Planetary Systems Corporation (PSC), a Maryland-based spacecraft separation systems and satellite dispenser manufacturer, for $42 million in cash plus 1,720,841 shares of common stock and a potential earnout of up to 956,023 additional shares. The deal (expected/closed in Q4 2021 per announcements) brings PSC's flight-proven separation hardware and its 25-person team into Rocket Lab's Space Systems division to expand Rocket Lab's end-to-end launch, spacecraft, and space-hardware capabilities.