Deployable Space Systems produces Roll-Out Solar Arrays for the International Space Station and for the lunar Gateway Power and Propulsion Element. This image shows a 2017 test of a Roll Out Solar Array on the International Space Station.

Redwire has acquired Deployable Space Systems (DSS) Inc., the Santa Barbara, California, the rapidly growing Goleta, California, company that manufactures various structures and mechanisms including the Roll-Out Solar Array.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...