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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB)

Q3 2021 Earnings Call· Mon, Nov 15, 2021

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Operator

Operator

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Rocket Lab Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results Call. My name is Emily, and I'll be coordinating the call today. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to our host, Gideon Massey, Financial Planning and Analyst Manager. Please go ahead.

Gideon Massey

Analyst

Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us on today's conference call to discuss Rocket Lab's third quarter 2021 financial results. Today's call is being hosted by Peter Beck, Founder and CEO; and Adam Spice, Chief Financial Officer. After our prepared comments, we will take questions. Our comments today include forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable security laws, including statements relating to our guidance for fourth quarter 2021 revenue, revenue growth expectations in our principal target markets, GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin, GAAP and non-GAAP operating expenses, interest and other expense, and adjusted EBITDA. In addition, we will make forward-looking statements relating to trends, opportunities and uncertainties in various products and geographic markets, including without limitation, statements concerning opportunities arising from our Launch Services and Space systems markets and opportunities for improved revenues across our target markets. These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties, including risks arising from competition, global trade and export restrictions. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, our dependency on a limited number of customers, average selling price trends and risks that our markets and growth opportunities may not develop as we currently expect and that our assumptions concerning these opportunities may prove incorrect. More information on these and other risks that may affect the forward-looking statements has outlined in the Risk Factors section of our third quarter 10-Q filing, which will be filed today and the documents incorporated therein. Any forward-looking statements are made as of today and Rocket Lab has no obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements. The third quarter 2021 earnings release is available in the Investor Relations section of our website at rocketlabusa.com. To supplement our unaudited consolidated financial statements presented on a basis consistent with GAAP, we disclose certain non-GAAP financial measures, including gross…

Peter Beck

Analyst

Thank you very much, Gideon, and thank you all for joining us here today as we Rocket Lab's business highlights and financial results for the third quarter of 2021. As Gideon mentioned, joining me today is our CFO, Adam Spice, who you'll hear a little bit from later. Today I'll be talking you through our key business accomplishments for the third quarter of 2021; and Adam will be covering off our financial highlights and outlook, sharing you upcoming conference schedule, and of course, we have time for Q&A. Right, so since the end of the second quarter, we've seen significant growth in our backlog. June 30, backlog was $141 million and ending the September 30 quarter at $183 million. Today, our backlog stands at $237 million, representing nearly $100 million in backlog growth since the end of the second quarter. We've seen bookings strengthen across every major products in the company, including new electron launch contracts, government study contracts, interplanetary photon satellites, overall debris removal programs, NASA demonstration mission that include processing light electron launch vehicle, Rocket Lab components and software and numerous components of expanding global customer base that includes government, foreign governments, universities and commercial customers. I've never been more excited or proud of all of the use cases we're finding for our technology and high value missions we're enabling with our suite of products and services. Many of these programs will enable and provide transformative technological breakthroughs that will have a long-lasting impact on our planet which we're very proud about. Proof of our many industry-leading technologies and strong mission heritage can be seen in our strong repeat customer bookings. Since the end of Q2 2021, we have seen over a dozen repeat customers book additional business with Rocket Lab with none of these customers listed on…

Adam Spice

Analyst

Thanks, Pete. I'll first review our third quarter 2021 results and then further discuss our outlook for Q4 2021. Our third quarter 2021 revenue of $5.3 million was slightly above the guided range of $4 million to $5 million. With COVID impacting our ability to launch in the latter parts of Q3, revenue was largely driven by space systems which outpaced, which contributed 79% of Q3 revenue and has grown by 698% year-on-year for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. Our launch revenue was impacted by both COVID restrictions and legacy over time revenue recognition policy for the successful Space Force launch that occurred on July 29. This was the last launch contract for which revenue was being recognized over time. Going forward, all launch contracts are expected to be recognized as point in time at the time of launch. Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is up 79% year-on-year with growth being contributed across both Launch and broadening of our Space Systems products and services. Our GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins for the third quarter of 2021 were negative 236% and a negative 84% of revenue, respectively. This compares to GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins of negative 18% and negative 14% respectively in the third quarter of 2020. GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins were significantly impacted by non-recurring deSPAC related stock-based compensation charges and New Zealand COVID restrictions that impacted production and launch operations, overhead cost absorption and launch cadence. We view all of these are non-recurring events and as such are indicating a significant upswing in profitability in the Q4 guidance which we'll get too shortly. GAAP operating expenses for the third quarter of 2021 were $39.9 million versus the third quarter of 2020 significantly impacted by non-recurring deSPAC related stock-based compensation charges hitting…

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Our first question today comes from Erik Rasmussen from Stifel. Erik, your line is open.

Erik Rasmussen

Analyst

Yes, thanks for taking the questions, and congratulations on the progress in the quarter. Maybe just in relation to your acquisition of ASI, what sort of revenue contribution comes from them? Could you maybe - and then maybe could you just comment on the strategic rationale? And maybe just how we should think about the types of acquisitions you just announced Planetary Systems, but the types of acquisitions you are targeting as you look to expand the business?

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes, Erik. Thanks for the question. This is Adam. So on the revenue side, there was a revenue run rate of approximately $10 million per year at point of acquisition. So I'll let Pete speak to the strategic nature of the deal and future deals.

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes. Just a moment. So the kind of acquisitions we're looking to make here are ones that technologies that we use and we trust and we know super well, and that are best-in-class that's kind of fundamental. And then as we think about how we're going to build our business out in the future and how we're going to deliver on ultimately building our own infrastructure and all, but what we're looking to do here is compile all of the pieces and bits and pieces that are best-in-class to really form if you kind of think of it like a cabinet of capabilities that we can deploy, not just in our own systems but on others as well. So this is really important for the ultimate longer-term gain of the business and providing into installations and style.

Erik Rasmussen

Analyst

Okay, thanks. And then so - and then maybe just in relation to the BlackSky and the two launches that are upcoming, obviously we saw that that got pushed from November and looks like that's on track for the 17th. But any other sort of impacts that could potentially have as we think about the remaining part of the year. And then you - I think you'd mentioned, there was an opportunity for further missions, you know it may be even December - for the final one in December because that's still be possible.

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes. So the play here is to launch those two BlackSky missions in this quarter around again here, and both of those missions and the vehicles are at the launch site of driver spacecraft. We move the launch a few days, a couple of days ago for a couple of reasons. One, that we saw a sensor reading on the ground that we just - we didn't like, we subsequently repeated as we expected. Nothing and then we also get us more time to prepare for the helicopter intercept. But at this point in time, those are the two mission that we're planning in this quarter, and we'll be unlikely to push a third mission in this quarter.

Erik Rasmussen

Analyst

Okay. And then maybe just on the outlook for Q4, $23 million to $25 million, it looks like your overall for the year increased by $5 million, how much is that from ASI and acquisitions versus just business outperformance?

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes, you know, Eric, it's really kind of a - there is some contribution in the quarter, some partial contribution in the quarter from ASI. We have not taken anything in for PSC, and for the guidance that we provided. So if you think about maybe kind of low-single digit millions contribution from ASI and the rest really is coming from the core organic business. I'd say, obviously launch is stepping up with the two launches in the quarter obviously versus Q3. So if you [technical difficulty] majority launch but space systems is quickly kind of closing that gap. And no small part because of contributions from the Sinclair acquisition that we did last year that's really paying off big dividends and their business is looking very, very strong.

Operator

Operator

Our next question comes from Colin Canfield from Barclays. Colin, your line is open.

Colin Canfield

Analyst

Hi, Adam, Peter, thanks for the question. So what you think about your helicopter intercept? Can you just talk a little bit about how that's impacting your cost recovery for electron?

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes, sure. So the vast majority of the cost of an electron launch vehicle resides in the first stage. There is obviously nine engines on the Stage 1 and the bulk majority of the systems. So we successfully fetched down multiple per stages now and we've got that to a point where we can reach the stage through this atmosphere and received it down in the ocean in good condition. The helicopter intercept really enables us to not splash that down in the water and obviously rocket engines and rockets really don't sea water. So it enables us to capture that, and then return that back to land for refurbishment. And that obviously reduces quite a large amount of work, and there is going to be some rework of course, but reduces a large amount of work. And it's fair to say that to date we have been making any of that bonus we get from reusable systems to any of their numbers, it's just pure cream on the top of the cake.

Colin Canfield

Analyst

And then we think about neutron reusability and kind of material and fuel preferences that you're taking for your next stage of your vehicle. Can you just discuss kind of how you're thinking about that if you ever preference in anyway?

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes, sure. We're wishing on we will make a neutron announcement here in due course. But it's fair to say that the experiences that gained from reentering electron and it's just been absolutely critical in informing us how to design and develop neutron. Going into a reasonable launch vehicle program without actually having successfully reentered a rocket, it would be difficult. So all the aero data, aerothermal data and all of the procedures, you can actually bring that rocket through the wall of the atmosphere in one piece is just being absolutely critical. So those lessened the knowledge had been transferred directly to the neutral program, in fact, more than that.

Colin Canfield

Analyst

Got it. And then the last question for me, but maybe if you could talk a little bit about pricing and capacity trends that you're seeing in the small sat launch market and to the extent that customers are fully utilizing Rocket Lab vehicle or something on the lines where it's a partial capacity utilization for your vehicles?

Operator

Operator

Apologies, everyone. It appears we have lost connection to Peter Beck, please bear with us while we regained connection.

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes, Colin, I'll take that question interim, while Peter rejoins. So you know, I think if you look at our missions, we really do have a pretty good mix of what we call just a dedicated mission where you'd expect for example for U.S. government customers, it's primarily dedicated launch. For some of the commercial customers, we are seeing the opportunity to basically pull together what we call kind of a primary rideshare, where there is a primary microsat that anchors the launch and then we fill the remaining capacity with the CubeSats or other small spacecrafts. So I'd say right now, it's probably about - I'd say, it's probably a little bit more than half of the business are pure kind of dedicated one satellite per launch or one single customer, if you will. For example on the BlackSky missions, we put two BlackSky satellites per launch. So if you think about single customer launches are still probably a little bit more than half of the mix and then where we do the primary rideshare and mix it with other payloads is a little bit less than half of that. Hope that helps. I mean as far as the pricing trends, I would say that we're seeing relative stability in the pricing out there in the market. One thing that's probably the most encouraging kind of trend in our business, and you've probably seen that coming through some our announcements is the fact that we are getting multi-launch deals. So we are seeing kind of early - earlier in the company's life, we were seeing a lot of pathfinder kind of one-off missions. Now we're starting to see recurring missions. If we talked about it earlier in the conference call about how we're seeing recurring customers, well we're seeing those recurring customers also sign up for multi-launch agreements. So I think that's an encouraging sign that the market is continuing to build overall and that we're continuing to kind of follow through with repeat business from those customers. So I think all of that is very supportive to this kind of the pricing and kind of volume trends right now that we're seeing.

Operator

Operator

Apologies, we are still trying to regain connection to Peter's line. Our next question comes from Edison Yu from Deutsche Bank.

Edison Yu

Analyst

Thanks for taking our questions. I'll start with the kind of financial one, while we try to get Peter back. Can you maybe go over the contribution on the Planetary deal just in terms of what you can provide there? And also on the ASI, what was the - are you able to say anything about the margin?

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes. So we're not providing any color right now on the margins for the various pieces within our Space Systems business. We kind of want to keep that more at that macro segment level where we talk about revenue and gross margin at that higher level. But the contribution from a revenue perspective on an annual run rate basis are about the same between ASI and PSC. So each business kind of roughly in that $10 million kind of run rate range. And I would also say that overall, the margins across the businesses are pretty consistent as well. So they're about the same size, they have similar gross margin profiles. I would say that the growth rates are maybe a little bit different across the two businesses and the ultimate kind of, I would say, margin contribution of the bottom line is a little different as well because, one, price is a little bit more investment than the other. But, overall, I think they are somewhat similar. So again if you think about the combination of the two on an annualized basis running around $20 million combined of revenue contribution. And the margins again are very - that we've talked about the margins in Space Systems are the north of 60 points and these businesses are kind of consistent with that overall profile.

Edison Yu

Analyst

Okay.

Adam Spice

Analyst

My phone dropped so really helps prevent.

Edison Yu

Analyst

Second question about the - I guess the launch cadence, obviously, you had to push out some launches I think you would have liked to have done in the fourth quarter. Can you maybe talk about if that sort of means you can launch more or recover some of that in the first quarter or in the first half kind of your ability to maybe launch more than you would have expected in the first half than before because of the kind of the COVID lockdowns kind of push everything else. Is there ability to do that?

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes. So, I'll take the first part and Pete can add on. So I would say that it is a fair statement to say that we have a pretty healthy manifest going into the first half of 2022. So I think the challenge for us is really going to be not on the demand side, it's really just - we've got to continue to increase our production rates and support the manifest from that perspective. But I would say there is certainly - we certainly expect our business to be on the launch side that cadence to increase as we progress into 2022. So again, we're not giving specific guidance for 2022, all of the indications and bias right now are to - certainly to an increased launch cadence in 2022.

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes. I mean that's [indiscernible] I would add, there's a lot of product on the floor right now that we need to move through. And the New Zealand COVID lockdown certainly improved our ability to deliver more in this quarter. One thing to always remember of course is in the launch business we sometimes more often than not are subject to our customers' readiness. So just wanted to have a launch vehicle inspection, meeting its targets, but of course, quite often and maybe fund that customers often quickly move around too. So that's worth a little bit of manifest down to get everything along. But certainly, there is a lot of product on the floor that we will be pushing through.

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes. And I would say also that, as the customer requests are for launch sooner, the bias right now is the pull in launch dates. So I think that's another kind of indication of where we see the business going, and kind of to your point of could we see some of that pent-up demand kind of manifest itself in launches and as we head into 2022, we certainly expect that would be the case.

Edison Yu

Analyst

Great. Last question for me, longer-term one on neutron. Could you maybe discuss the potential or if you've had discussions about human missions? What could that kind of look like or what have you may be discussed with customers? Any color there?

Peter Beck

Analyst

I mean, there is a relative subset of customers when you are taking to human spaceflight, obviously they are being biased. And we always talk with our customer at multiple missions and nothing different, including human spaceflight. Our focus is to ensure that we have a vehicle that is human spaceflight rather than at this point in time focusing on those to particular missions. Perhaps priority is getting a vehicle on the pad and making sure that it is ready to be certified and ratable.

Edison Yu

Analyst

Okay, great. Thanks.

Operator

Operator

Our next question comes from Cai von Rumohr from Cowen. Cai, please go ahead.

Cai von Rumohr

Analyst

Yes, thank you so much, and good quarter. So a number of the other larger space companies and aerospace companies have mentioned supplier delays and the impact of the vax mandate, and while I know you'd launch from New Zealand, I assume that could have some impact on your domestic customers. So give us some color on that if you might?

Peter Beck

Analyst

Definitely. I mean we're managing supply chain issues, but we do carry a lot of stock. And so thus we've been fairly successful in linking both. One of the challenges with New Zealand is the ability to get customers into the country through the managed isolation facility in New Zealand. They've been very successful in securing our stocks, our customers through working directly through that experiencing their share of supply chain. Adam, perhaps you can comment about the vaccination mandate and the impact in U.S.

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes. Sorry, you were breaking up a bit there, Pete. So I'll recap a little bit of what he was saying, Cai. So, so far we've been pretty fortunate that we haven't had any real, call it, like significant supply chain constraints or issues, you know, as Pete was indicating that we also carried a lot of inventory, lot of raw materials inventory. So, kind of, we've been able to absorb any impact that otherwise would have been an impact. Yes, and probably the biggest issue is really been as people saying, is getting people into New Zealand, right, to support the launches. So we were fortunate that the two BlackSky missions that are going off this quarter already had the spacecraft in country. They were already integrated. So there's really no risk from a COVID-related, if you will, kind of spacecraft readiness from that perspective. And now as we get through kind of - we're out of that level four alert in New Zealand where we're able to have full production and launch cadence support there. So I would say, we've been very, very fortunate. We haven't had any of those issues, I would say that you were - but we're very much looking forward to making it much easier for our customers to come support their spacecraft in New Zealand with the COVID restrictions easing. And as a backstop that as well, of course, we're very anxious to get operational in - out of our wallets facility, where right now we've been waiting on certification of our automated flight termination hardware on NASA's software. It's been quite delayed, it was expected some time ago. The current expectation is that it could be done as early as the end of the year, which would allow us to commence flight operations out of LC2 and Wallops in the first half of 2022 and that's what our current expectations are. So that will be kind of able us further mitigate the issues around kind of restrictions on travel and so forth. Now as far as the overall vaccine mandate, again, we've seen some push outs to those things from - to various elements of our supply chain but again we're not getting any indication right now from any of our supply chain partners, that's going to present an issue to supporting our manifest.

Operator

Operator

Our next question comes from Austin Muller from Canaccord. Austin, your line is open.

Austin Muller

Analyst

Good evening. Great quarter guys. My first question is for Peter. Would you argue that pairing the Electron with planetary systems, lightweight satellite dispenser products make the Electron even more competitive as a constellation launcher?

Adam Spice

Analyst

Sorry, go head. Go ahead, Peter.

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes, and I'll carry on it. In some respects, the Electron is ideal for very small constellations, but it's using just a one-off or early development of Constellations, certainly having the portfolio of planetary systems products in our - in our organization gives us the ability to do very interesting things with cross-selling and in bundling of products and services as well. And also it gives us exposure to satellites that aren't launched on Electron, the PSC separation system is, you don't, we will launch vehicle across the industry, and continue to buy that across the industry.

Austin Muller

Analyst

Okay, good. And then how much additional capital do you envision having to invest in the three launch sites, the two in New Zealand and the one in Virginia to sort of get those to a capacity where they could support the 132 launches that you've discussed in the past. Is it pretty much close to that now, or is there a lot of additional capital still to be invested?

Peter Beck

Analyst

So, I mean, I'll see - I mean that charter is activated and the LC1, PDN1A launchpads had the launch - today is obviously completely niche but it's nearing completion. And that will give us sufficient launch capacity in our core, all of our launches in [indiscernible]. Any additional capacity to bring it up to that really high number, there would be additional hedge required. But those three pads really gives us a tremendous amount of launch capacity and that we won't be constraining a little while.

Austin Muller

Analyst

Okay.

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes, Austin, we're almost complete on all the investments in - at for those launch pads here. I think you're probably looking at capital to go less than a couple of million dollars. So it's really quite small in the grand scheme of things, and that's really to finalize the operational of the LC1 B pad in Mahia, but the Virginia pad is up and ready to go. It's been ready for over a year, again just awaiting the software certification with NASA. So yes, we've got all that launch infrastructure in place that we need to support that capacity.

Austin Muller

Analyst

Okay, that's very helpful and then like Russians - like the Russian government in particular has had plans in try and catch following rocket boosters with a helicopter in the past. So can you sort of talk about what makes your plan for booster recovery different from those prior plans for a helicopter used to recovery and how you plan to achieve a high success rate there just given the challenges of catching a rocket in mid-year with a helicopter?

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes, absolutely. And I think that this is somewhat of a misconception. Actually catching the rocket as is descending, once you've acquired it is - well, we haven't got the product, in this time, but it's not that difficult in fact. We've done a lot of drop system and the success rate on the drop system have been nearly 100%. This is where we are going out with two helicopters, drop a simulated vehicle, then the other helicopter checking it down and captures it. So that - I know that sounds like the hardest part, but actually the hardest part is re-entering it through the -- controlling its trajectory and making sure it stays at one piece. So this - the last part of the program here is which is on debut, provided we can - when they're agreeing which we leave, should be my problem. Then, we're not expecting a tremendously difficult run after that. I think - we think the hardest parts is actually behind us.

Austin Muller

Analyst

Okay, great, thank you for all the color.

Operator

Operator

Next we have a follow-up question from Colin Canfield from Barclays. Colin, your line is open.

Colin Canfield

Analyst

Hi, Adam, Pete. Thanks for the follow-up question. From a high level, could you just talk a little bit of about the cash flow walk and the cash that you're going to need for engine development and Neutron and your Constellation plans? Kind of where do you expect the biggest contribution to come from split between organic, debt and potentially equity?

Adam Spice

Analyst

So, I can - what Pete talk to the technical kind of milestones and so forth to drive it, but we forecast all of this when we are going through our deSPAC process and related PIPEraise and so forth. And we believe we over - we overcapitalized ourselves to execute on Neutron in every aspect and really also raised enough capital as dry powder to go execute on things like ASI and PSC and other opportunities. So as you can imagine, propulsion is well within our wheelhouse. I mean we put, we put 200 Electron Rutherford engines on orbit. So it's - whatever you're dealing with rocket science, obviously nothing is ever trivial. But we think we're well scoped to the capital investment required. So we don't believe that for Neutron or anything else we have in our roadmap that would require us to go back to the equity - equity markets, debt markets or whatever have you. So again, we think we're fully funded to execute what we need to do and then I'll let - I'll let Pete kind of jump in and talk maybe a little bit more about timing.

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes, and I think - so the way we're approaching Neutron is being really smart, being innovate. And propulsion is an area that if you want to renew the launch vehicle, you don't want an engine that - that's completely in our stress to its limits, you want a propulsion system that's gotten lots of margin on that. So everybody have been thinking about the propulsion with Neutron, that's really been our focus. And as a result, I think when it comes to innovation in the medium cycles and stretch as a means in it, that's not an area where we were carrying a lot of risk. These other areas where we're innovating that has a much, much bigger payoff, but - and then see if you feel like we're are in a good position to execute the function program but also that the Neutron program using it.

Colin Canfield

Analyst

Got it. And then if you could just talk about the investments that you're making today for your future calculation plans, whether you guys are betting on spectrum kind of a bench of talent you've put in place there or other intellectual property assets that you're going after?

Peter Beck

Analyst

Yes, I mean, look, we want to - we want to build infrastructure in all that and the product they are putting in place all of the elements required to be able to do that in the very speculative way. And I would say at this point, we're not prepared to make a bet on the particular application that we may go after in picture and to go after any particular application - will obviously letting of interest on this one, [indiscernible] is doing and like I said, the most important thing right now is to methodically build all of those - some of these and we get to contribute into our other people's logically being in constellations, by being a supplier and we will continue to work on what we think is a disruptive opportunity in the future.

Operator

Operator

And finally, we have another follow-up question from Cai von Rumohr from Cowen. Cai, your line is open.

Cai von Rumohr

Analyst

Yes, thanks so much. So I might have missed it but what did you pay for ASI? And also, as you know, RTX in addition to buying Blue Canyon bought the software company in Colorado. Did you look at that, and are they competition to you when you go out and look at acquisitions? I would guess not, but love your perspective on that?

Adam Spice

Analyst

So I'll comment on the purchase price of ASI. ASI is $45 million cash purchase. And then I can't speak to the other acquisition that you're referencing for Raytheon. Obviously, we're familiar with the Blue Canyon acquisition, but I'm not familiar with the software company. I would say that, in general, the environment for deals we're finding to be pretty receptive to the Rocket Lab's platform. And I think that's really what is coming down to its the only - we find that we're a very attractive place where entrepreneurial engineers want to call home. I think there are no knock on some of the larger potential acquirers out there. But it's a very different choice, right, you to go to a large, well established prime or you want to be part of something that's little bit smaller and perhaps you could have a greater impact through your efforts. So I think it's kind of an apples and oranges choice for sellers. And this is a seller's market, there's no question about it. And there is competition for deals. I think that we're being very selective. I think we do have a healthy pipeline of opportunities that we're always evaluating, in this case executing on the last, but the most recent acquisitions of ASI and PSC. But again I think that we don't really - we don't really see. It seems like we're both looking at different types of assets. I would say that we don't necessarily see head-on competition in a lot of stuff we're looking at, but there is certainly more broadly speaking competition for the assets that we're bringing into the family.

Cai von Rumohr

Analyst

Thanks very much.

Peter Beck

Analyst

I think you can see Cai that of the acquisitions that we make, it's very much a try before you buy. We were using simply as we're actually moving that projects and products. We were ASI software, we were using - we've been using PSC [indiscernible]. So these are companies that we know well and are always the leaders in the areas. So that's otherwise a strong growth to the acquisition.

Adam Spice

Analyst

Yes. And I think taking that. Yes, and Cai, I think you can also start to see the acquisition strategy really start to play out, and the fact that, if you look at some of our upcoming missions, you'll see - obviously we're providing launch services, and in many cases we're providing the supply components in the form of reaction wheel and star trackers from Sinclair. In many cases, the satellites are using ASI software, in many cases, the satellites are deploying - are being deployed on a PSC separation system. And you'll start to see again that theme start to continue to play out, where we're starting to get more and more content. And we really view this as a platform. It's not one-off launch services or one-off. It's really is how we bring all the pieces together and offer a truly end-to-end solutions that bring down the cost, increase sort of the time to market. And again, I think, when you start to put all the pieces together, when you see from the missions that we're executing on, it's kind of undeniable kind of how this - how all the pieces are coming together and how that leads just increase the amount of revenue permissions that we service. So I think we're all very, very excited about kind of what the combination of these deals represents, and how it is providing a lot of revenue diversity to our model and some margin uplift as well. And it gives us the scaling of the business. So I think it's an exciting part of our roadmap right now.

Operator

Operator

As we currently have no further questions, I will now hand back to Peter for any closing comments.

Peter Beck

Analyst

Thanks very much. Before I wrap up the call, I'd like to thank everyone who participated in today's call. We look forward to having the opportunity to provide further updates on our business, including trades, our participation in UBS Aerospace Investor Conference in November 19, our Truist Securities Investor Conference and [technical difficulty] December 7, and the Canaccord NewSpace Investor Conference in December 9. So thanks again and we look forward to speaking to you again soon. Rather exciting progress on fine business today. Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

This now concludes today's conference call and you may now disconnect your lines. Thank you everyone for joining us today.