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General Atomics Acquires U.S.-Based Operation Of Surrey Satellite Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 13th, 2017

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General Atomics Acquires U.S.-Based Operation Of Surrey Satellite Technology

Surrey-US' products include earth observation payloads. Photo: Surrey-US

General Atomics (GA) on Monday said it has acquired the majority of assets of the Colorado-based operation of Britain’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to support the growth plans of its Electromagnetic Systems Group (EMS) in the development and delivery of small satellite and advanced payload systems.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SSTL is an independent company majority owned by Europe’s Airbus Group.Surrey-US provides design, manufacture, launch and operation of small satellites, mission solutions for remote sensing, science, navigation…

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