Kongsberg could finalize a site selection in Germany before year-end as the Norwegian space and defense company looks to scale up spacecraft manufacturing.
The inaugural flight of Germany's first F-35 marks a major strategic shift, turning a once-rejected U.S. fighter into Berlin's primary defense fallback.
Kongsberg's NanoAvionics unit has introduced the MP42D, a larger version of its MP42 microsatellite, reflecting the industry trend toward more capable small satellites as customer demand grows.
Kreios Space has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics to provide the satellite to test its air-breathing electronic propulsion concept to operate in very low Earth orbit.
Kongsberg completed the acquisition of a 90% stake of Zone 5 Technologies, a maker of low-cost cruise and interceptor missiles already in large-scale production.
Kongsberg is hoping to get word from the U.S. government in the coming weeks about its proposed acquisition of low-cost missile developer Zone 5 Technologies.