Anduril, X-Bow and York detail their newest space acquisitions

Anduril

The defense technology company has agreed to buy ExoAnalytic Solutions, which operates a network of 400 telescopes that are used to track satellites and other objects in orbit.

ExoAnalytic opened for business in 2008 to develop technologies for use in space domain awareness efforts, which include missile tracking and warning functions. Anduril has developed mesh networking tech for the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, which Space Force uses to catalog and identify objects orbiting the Earth.

Through this transaction announced Wednesday, Anduril is looking to combine its autonomy and command-and-control systems with ExoAnalytic’s offerings in sensing and data analytics.

Anduril also aims to bolster its ability to build and deliver platforms for space sensing, tracking, fire control, battle management and countermeasures.

ExoAnalytic also designed its telescope network to help agencies persistently monitor deep space.

In 2025, Anduril completed a pair of acquisitions focused on hardware and closed a $2.5 billion Series G round that was led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. Much of Anduril’s strategy since its 2017 formation has centered around software development.

X-Bow Systems

This producer of solid rocket motors has acquired Evolution Space, a fellow SRM maker that specializes in prototyping and testing motors of what it calls a “rapidly-responsive” variety.

Evolution Space opened for business in 2018 to originally focus on providing low-cost access to space via commercial launches from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Evolution Space evolved into a manufacturer of solid propulsion systems as a complementary business line to the launch business.

With this transaction announced Tuesday, X-Bow said it is looking to further scale production of the SRMs and extend its presence in hypersonics programs.

X-Bow also is using the transaction as a way to create more domestic manufacturing capacity and grow its its capability in munitions.

In the spring of 2025, X-Bow closed a $105 million Series B round that included a significant investment from Lockheed Martin and participation from Razor’s Edge Ventures.

Evolution Space’s SRM manufacturing site is located in the vicinity of the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

York Space Systems

This newly-minted public company has purchased Orbion Science Technology to bring in more satellite propulsion systems as part of an ongoing push to become a more vertically-integrated organization.

Orbion opened for business in 2016 to develop electric propulsion systems for small satellites, which York is a manufacturer of. Orbion’s Aurora thrusters already fly on York’s spacecraft for national security missions, including satellites that are part of fielded military constellations.

In York’s Thursday release on the transaction, the company said it is seeking to create a more “integrated space ecosystem” and expand its domestic production capacity for making spacecraft and components.

York’s idea behind that is to reduce supply chain risks of what it characterizes as an “historically scarce spacecraft subsystem,” which in turn creates more schedule certainty on the production and delivery fronts.

The addition of Orbion follows York’s purchase of Atlas Space Operations, a provider of software and other ground-based space assets, in the summer of 2025.

York completed its $629 million initial public offering in January.