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Ball Aerospace’s $3,000,000,000 portfolio includes sensors, spacecraft, data services, and components.
BAE Systems plc entered into a definitive Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire the Ball Aerospace business from Ball Corporation for approximately $5,550,000,000 in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.
BAE Systems intends to acquire Ball Aerospace for $5,500,000,000 with the intention announced on 2023-08-17.
Ball Aerospace had $5,000,000,000 in booked contracts that were not yet added to its backlog as of February.
The proposed transaction carries an expected net present value tax benefit of approximately $750 million, making the underlying economic consideration for Ball Aerospace approximately $4,800,000,000.
The Space Development Agency has ordered 10 satellites from Ball Aerospace.
SpiderOak and Ball Aerospace collaborated to deploy and integrate OrbitSecure into Ball’s hosted payload while on orbit.
SpiderOak successfully tested its OrbitSecure software on orbit on 2023-06-22 running on a Ball Aerospace payload.
The Space Force bought two WSF microwave sensing satellites from Ball Aerospace, each estimated to cost about $500,000,000.
Since DEUCSI began in 2017, companies that have won contracts under the program include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Ball Aerospace, SES, Iridium, and SpaceX.
Northrop Grumman is working with Ball Aerospace to develop the infrared payload for the Next-Gen OPIR polar satellites.
EIM is a multi-vendor contract and in 2021 NGA selected BAE Systems, Ball Aerospace, BlackSky, Continental Mapping Consultants, and Royce Geospatial Consultants to compete for awards.
Ball Aerospace had another $5,000,000,000 in contracts booked that were not yet added to its backlog as of February.
Ball Aerospace’s backlog jumped 20 percent between 2021 and 2022 to reach $3,000,000,000.
TEMPO was built by Ball Aerospace and performs measurements similar to an instrument Ball built on a South Korean spacecraft that takes the same measurements over East Asia.
Ball Aerospace received a subcontract award to support the NOVASTAR program operated by the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).
In 2019 Ball Aerospace was selected as one of multiple prime contractors on NASIC’s MEGASTAR program to conduct scientific and technical intelligence across multiple mission areas within the center.
Kaufman has held numerous leadership positions at Ball Aerospace over the past 22 years.
Dave Kaufman represents Ball Aerospace on the National Space Council’s User Advisory Group.
Kaufman has served as president of Ball Aerospace.