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Top 5: Aerospace & Defense M&A Activity By State (Last 3 Years)

JCP Top 5 - (A&D M&A Activity by State - Last 3 Years)

 

Top 5
A&D M&A Activity by State (Last 3 Years)
Rank State Total Deals (% of US Deals)
(with Target in State)
Top Buyers - Number of Deals
(of Target in State)
Notable Deals with Target in State
Target (Target Parent) - Acquirer ($TEV)

1

California

130 Total Deals (14%)

$44.8B Disclosed TEV

Arcline - 6

KKR - 4

Greenbriar Equity - 4

Sagewind Capital - 3

The Jordan Company - 3

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne - L3Harris ($4.8B)

  • Tactical Data Links Business of Viasat - L3Harris ($2.0B)

  • Electron Device Business of CPI (The Jordan Company) - TransDigm ($1.4B)

  • Dedrone - Axon Enterprise ($500M)

  • Terran Orbital - Lockheed Martin ($450M)

2

Virginia

122 Total Deals (13%)

$18.0B Disclosed TEV

Godspeed Capital - 5

Arlington Capital - 4

Sagewind Capital - 4

Enlightenment Capital - 4

Madison Dearborn - 3

  • OWN & DAS Businesses of CommScope - Amphenol ($2.1B)

  • CAES (Advent) - Honeywell ($1.9B)

  • Azure Summit Technology - CACI ($1.3B)

  • Inertial Labs (Bluenet Solutions) - Viavi Solutions ($325M)

  • Satelles - Iridium Communications ($144M)

3

Florida

65 Total Deals (7%)

$10.6B Disclosed TEV

Arcline - 3

Madison Dearborn - 3

Airbus - 2

HC Private Investments - 2

H.I.G. Capital - 2

  • Carlisle Interconnect Technologies - Amphenol ($2.0B)

  • Sequa (Carlyle) - Veritas Capital ($1.9B)

  • Satcom Direct - Gogo ($636M)

  • Kellstrom Aerospace (AE Industrial) - VSE ($201M)

  • Tomahawk Robotics - AeroVironment ($116M)

4

Maryland

59 Total Deals (6%)

$946M Disclosed TEV

Enlightenment Capital - 5

Godspeed Capital - 3

Falfurrias Capital - 2

Arlington Capital - 2

The Jordan Company - 2

  • DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (Leonardo) - SES Government Solutions ($450M)

  • Sealing Technologies - Parsons ($200M)

  • Grove Resource Solutions - DLH Holdings ($187M)

  • Spalding Consulting - Saalex ($75M)

  • WSC - Curtiss-Wright ($34M)

5

Texas

46 Total Deals (5%)

$16.6B Disclosed TEV

AE Industrial - 2

Cerberus Capital - 2

Loar Group - 1

Bain Capital - 1

GenNx360 Capital - 1

  • National Instruments - Emerson Electric ($8.1B)

  • SailPoint Technologies - Thoma Bravo ($7.1B)

  • Product Support Group of Triumph - AAR ($725M)

  • Applied Avionics - Loar Group ($385M)

  • Stellar Blu Solutions - Gilat Satellite Networks ($245M)

Notes: 'Last 3 Years' represents data from Jan-22 through Dec-24. 'Top Buyers' is not exhaustive, many buyers completed 1 or 2 deals in the time frame. Ranks 6-10 comprised of Massachusetts (42), New York (41), Colorado (36), Ohio (35), and Pennsylvania (27).

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