We advised Airbus, a global aerospace company, on its acquisition of Aerovel and Aerovel's unmanned aerial system, Flexrotor, designed for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions at sea and over land.

The acquisition strengthens the Airbus portfolio of tactical unmanned solutions.

Lawyers in our Washington, D.C. office led the transaction, with support from our Brussels, Denver, New York, and Philadelphia offices and our antitrust, employment, environment, intellectual property, international trade, litigation, privacy and cybersecurity, public procurement, real estate, regulatory, and tax practices.

We advised Lockheed Martin, a global defense technology company, on its US$450 million acquisition of Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader of satellite-based solutions primarily supporting the aerospace and defense industries.

The acquisition broadens Lockheed Martin’s product offering with Terran Orbital’s high-performing modular space vehicle designs.

Lawyers in our Washington, D.C. and New York offices led the transaction, with support from our Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and Northern Virginia offices and our banking, capital markets, employee benefits, employment, intellectual property, real estate, regulatory, restructuring, and tax practices.

We are advising National Space Company (d/b/a the Neo Space Group), a Public Investment Fund-owned company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, on its pending acquisition of UP42 GmbH, a next-generation earth observation digital platform, from Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. 

The acquisition supports NSG’s mission to meet Saudi Arabia’s growing demand for advanced earth observation and geospatial solutions.

Lawyers in our Hamburg office led the transaction, with support from our Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Munich, Northern Virginia, and Riyadh offices and our antitrust, employment, infrastructure and projects, intellectual property, real estate, regulatory, and tax practices.

We advised Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, on its acquisition of Hera Systems, Inc., a privately held spacecraft development company focused on developing a new class of high-performance spacecraft to support the evolving requirements for national security missions.

The acquisition expands Redwire’s spacecraft portfolio to offer mission-critical capabilities in geostationary orbit.

Lawyers in our Washington, D.C. office led the transaction, with support from our Los Angeles and Northern Virginia offices and our employment, infrastructure and projects, intellectual property, international trade, regulatory, restructuring, and tax practices.