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BlueHalo To Acquire Space Systems Provider DDES

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 6th, 2021

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BlueHalo To Acquire Space Systems Provider DDES

BlueHalo has capabilities in small satellite assembly, integration and test. Photo: BlueHalo

BlueHalo on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Design and Development Engineering Services Corp. (DDES), which designs and manufactures electronic systems and subsystems for Class A spacecraft used in military and national security applications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DDES, which is based in Albuquerque, N.M., “has decades of experience and critical expertise developing radiation-hardened, space-qualified systems and has developed a reputation of excellence across their customer set who depend on DDES’ high-reliability, high-performance systems,” BlueHalo said.…

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