it's owned by multiple parties, with the UK Gov a minority shareholder, so i don't get what's ironic about that statement.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/07/uk-acquires-oneweb/
From the UK's own website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-to-acquire-...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-secures-sat...
"This deal gives us the chance to build on our strong advanced manufacturing and services base in the UK, creating jobs and technical expertise."
The issue I have is they keep on describing the network as "cutting edge" without describing the breakthrough features of the project as well as a lot of talk about building up the UK sat mfg base, but of all the companies they pump half a billion pounds into, they choose one where at least SOME of the work is in the US.
There is A LOT of politics around OneWeb.