Danbury-based ARKA completes acquisition of Maxar’s Radar and Sensor Technology Group

The company headquarters for ARKA at 100 Wooster Heights Road in Danbury. Photo courtesy of ARKA

DANBURY – Remote sensing developer ARKA Group, L.P. has acquired Maxar’s Radar and Sensor Technology  group in a private transaction.

Maxar’s unit, which is in Ypsilanti, Michigan, has extensive experience supporting U.S. government-led synthetic aperture radar programs.

With this acquisition, ARKA Group, a leading developer of remote sensing, communication and cognitive software solutions, can further address real-time, emerging threats to the United States and its allies using cutting-edge techniques involving SAR, moving target indication and unique full spectrum geospatial intelligence products.

“We are excited to welcome the Radar and Sensor Technologies (RST) group to ARKA,” said ARKA CEO Andreas Nonnenmacher. “Their reputation and long history of driving radar technology innovation are unrivaled in industry. With our existing space hardware and leading software capabilities, this acquisition will allow ARKA to provide more powerful and flexible solutions to our customers’ ever evolving and demanding mission needs.”

RST will become part of ARKA’s Advanced Communications and Mission Applications business unit, a global provider of radio frequency and software-based solutions for trusted data transport, advanced information processing and mission management.

“ARKA is combining our long history of execution, valuable intellectual property and unique talent pools to generate new products that deliver intelligence at scale and with the speed needed to support the modern warfighter,” said ARKA COO Eric Stuckey.

Maxar Intelligence is a leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights that was purchased by a private equity firm in 2023. Operating the most advanced commercial Earth observation constellation on orbit, it uses the power of very high-resolution satellite imagery and software technology to deliver mission success on Earth and in space.

ARKA is a private fully integrated mission partner providing cutting edge solutions with a legacy that reaches back to the earliest efforts of the United States’ space endeavors.