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It's more of a New Zealand company with enough presence in the US to be legal for ITAR purposes.

• adventured 8y ago
  How do you get to that? Their rockets are designed and manufactured in the US. Their money has largely been from the US. They're incorporated in the US. They're using US technology and engineering. That's a long ways from the minimal contribution you're implying.
  • wolf550e 8y ago
    see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab The manufacturing is in New Zealand. I don't know about design, but I understood that design is also done in New Zealand. They received money from the US and they cooperated with NASA, and for that they needed to have facilities in the US, but I don't know how much. They now opened a second launch facility in the US, but that is not a large operation compared to design, manufacturing and testing the rockets. Articles from the past make it sound like a New Zealand company with a corporate structure that is a legal fiction to be legal in the US. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11301045 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/29/kiwi_company_rocket_lab_cheap_satellites/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/29/kiwi_company_rocket...
    • rory096 8y ago
      Engines and avionics are manufactured in Huntington Beach. https://everydayastronaut.com/inside-rocketlab/ https://everydayastronaut.com/inside-rocketlab/