
Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] on Tuesday evening said it intends to acquire German optical communications company Mynaric in a $75 million deal that would bring a key supplier in house, expand its international footprint, and, it highlighted, strengthen the supply chain for laser communications terminals, which the small Munich-based firm has struggled to manufacture. Mynaric is supplying its Condor Mk3 optical communications terminals to Rocket Lab, Northrop Grumman [NOC], and York Space Systems for satellites each company is building for…