CEO: Roccor to grow, remain in Longmont after acquisition 

LONGMONT — Roccor LLC, a Longmont-based aerospace technology and small satellite maker, has been acquired by Redwire LLC, a newly formed, venture-backed aerospace portfolio company headquartered in Florida that’s been on a buying spree of late. 

Redwire, which launched this summer, has already acquired Littleton’s Deep Space Systems Inc., Boston-area firm Adcole Space LLC and Florida-based Made In Space Inc.

“They’re very much looking to roll up high-growth, niche companies in the new space economy,” Roccor CEO Chris Pearson told BizWest. “… Once we saw the plan and the degree of synergy with the other companies,…