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Lockheed Martin Agrees To Acquire Terran Orbital For Less Than Original Proposal

Lockheed Martin Agrees To Acquire Terran Orbital For Less Than Original Proposal
Terran Orbital's new satellite manufacturing space in Irvine, Calif. Photo: Terran Orbital

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital [LLAP] in a $450 million deal based on enterprise value, a bargain versus the $606 million unsolicited proposal the aerospace and defense giant made in March. Announcement of deal follows Terran’s disclosure on Monday that it has removed from its backlog more than $2 billion related to an earlier agreement to build satellites for Germany’s Rivada Space Networks. At the end of June, Terran’s backlog…

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