Rocket Lab completes $155.3M acquisition of Mynaric, adding laser optical communications

Rocket Lab Corp

Consideration of $155.3M consists of nominal cash and 2,277,002 shares of RKLB common stock.
Mynaric will remain headquartered in Munich, establishing Rocket Lab's first European footprint.
Mynaric's CONDOR Mk3 terminals are used in Rocket Lab's $1.3B SDA satellite contract.
Rocket Lab plans to scale Mynaric production to meet demand from commercial and government customers.
The deal received approval from Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

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