en.Wedoany.com Reported - York Space Systems has completed its acquisition of satellite communications terminal company All.Space, with both CEOs stating that the move will create a complete tactical satellite communications ecosystem.

York Space Systems announced on Wednesday that the acquisition, first disclosed in late April, has been completed. The total purchase price was reduced from the initially announced $355 million to $300 million at closing, including approximately $155 million in cash and 5.9 million shares of York common stock.

York Space Systems manufactures spacecraft that provide tactical capabilities for warfighters in theater. York CEO Dirk Wallinger told Via Satellite that acquiring a satellite terminal developer expands the company's ecosystem. All.Space is a leader in providing tactical communications and other capabilities in contested environments, with its ESA (Electronically Scanned Array) design being particularly resilient. Wallinger said that with this ecosystem now complete, York and All.Space can together deliver robust, resilient communications capabilities for theater warfighters.

All.Space CEO Paul McCarter said that York Space's leadership understands the depth of the company's capabilities and their significance for military satellite communications. All.Space has developed optical beamforming technology that enables its terminals to simultaneously connect with multiple satellites across multiple orbits. The company is also advancing toward products capable of simultaneously connecting to both Ku-band and Ka-band satellite networks, and has completed proof-of-concept demonstrations.

McCarter told Via Satellite that being able to simultaneously connect to multiple satellites from multiple suppliers across multiple orbits provides a completely different and unique selling point. This fundamentally changes how all architectures are delivered into a single system, offering a massive, reliable, resilient architecture along with bandwidth and software architecture.

Wallinger sees particular opportunities in providing command and control (C2) capabilities for future unmanned systems that need to coordinate as large formations. York is looking at what the military will need in future theaters, where all unmanned systems will need to coordinate as large formations. Wallinger believes that All.Space's capabilities, combined with its strong tactical communications capabilities and York's constellation, can become the command and control ecosystem enabling these formations to operate in the future.

All.Space works with multiple satellite operators and constellations, enabling its terminals to simultaneously connect to multiple satellites across multiple orbits. As a wholly owned subsidiary of York Space Systems, it will continue to operate as a commercial supplier to the industry. Wallinger said York will serve as an "anchor customer," able to place orders and invest in its production capacity.

All.Space, originally headquartered in the United Kingdom, formally relocated to the United States last month during the acquisition process, selecting Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama as its new technology and manufacturing center.