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Intuitive Machines completes $800M acquisition of Lanteris (formerly Maxar), becomes vertically integrated space prime

Intuitive Machines has completed its $800 million purchase of Lanteris Space Systems (formerly Maxar Space Systems), paying $450 million in cash and $350 million in Class A stock. The deal adds spacecraft manufacturing capability the company says will make it a vertically integrated space prime for commercial, civil and national-security work.

Discovered 2026-01-13T06:19:33.541687-08:00 | 2026-01-13T06:19:33.541687-08:00

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The transaction closes an $800M deal with $450M cash and $350M in stock, following the November announcement that detailed the purchase and related commercial backlog and revenue metrics (see source:c28809c6-205f-45b4-b186-4112550347ee).
By adding a spacecraft manufacturing business, Intuitive Machines moves from services and payloads toward a vertically integrated prime, reshaping competitive dynamics for lunar, Earth-observation and national-security contracts and building on recent cooperative lunar infrastructure efforts (see source:bd36cec7-2e07-41c8-8a7c-9285e8398dfe).
The acquisition reinforces Intuitive Machines' relevance to defense and civil programs already reflected in recent contract awards and technology investments, providing a production and systems-integration foothold that can accelerate work supported by earlier AFRL and government engagements (see source:620d2668-c52f-410d-935a-df96c4a92a2e).

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