Al Tadros, a more than three-decade aerospace industry leader, has joined space technology developer Redwire as chief growth officer and executive vice president of space infrastructure.

AE Industrial Partners-backed Redwire has acquired Made In Space, which focuses on manufacturing on-orbit systems, for an undisclosed sum as part of technology portfolio expansion push.

Peter Cannito, an operating partner of investment company AE Industrial Partners, has been appointed chairman and CEO of space technology developer Redwire.

AE Industrial Partners has purchased space components and payloads provider Deep Space Systems for an undisclosed sum. AEI said Monday it will merge DSS with spacecraft components manufacturer Adcole Maryland Aerospace, which was acquired in March, to establish Redwire, a space technology platform that will focus on building mission-critical systems and electronics for next-generation space architecture.