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Mission Support Company Arcfield Acquires Orion Space Solutions

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, December 1st, 2023

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Mission Support Company Arcfield Acquires Orion Space Solutions

Kevin Kelly, chairman and CEO of Arcfield. Photo: Arcfield

Arcfield last week said it has acquired Orion Space Solutions, bolstering its capabilities in space exploration and hypersonic detection and tracking for customers in the Defense Department and intelligence community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Arcfield, which is based in Northern Virginia, has more than 1,400 employees and is a technology and mission support provider in the areas of military space, hypersonic missions and nuclear deterrence, cybersecurity, and avionics maintenance, engineering, and supply chain services. Arcfield is a…

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