{"id":475539,"date":"2026-05-09T00:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475539\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:05:11","slug":"rocket-lab-to-buy-motiv-space-for-40m-adding-robotics-solar-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475539\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab To Buy Motiv Space For $40M, Adding Robotics, Solar Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Rocket Lab To Buy Motiv Space For $40M, Adding Robotics, Solar Drives | Aviation Week Network<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><br \/>\n                    May 08, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/motiv.jpg.png\" alt=\"Motiv supplied the robotic arm for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover Credit: Motive Space\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Motiv supplied the robotic arm for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Motive Space<\/p>\n<p>  Rocket Lab has signed an agreement to buy Motiv Space Systems, a specialist in planetary robotics and solar array motors, for $40 million in cash. The deal would give the company access to critical robotics technology for future planetary exploration missions, including to Mars, as well as motion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Reim-Garrett_sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\"><strong>Rocket Lab To Buy Motiv Space For $40M, Adding Robotics, Solar Drives<\/strong> is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Login<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab To Buy Motiv Space For $40M, Adding Robotics, Solar Drives | Aviation Week Network https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[18,19,17,133,451],"class_list":{"0":"post-475539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-space"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116541701106974081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}