Aerospace
Who acquires Aerospace companies
74 distinct acquirers across 96 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Every buyer below has completed at least one acquisition in this sector.
Top 10 acquirers of Aerospace companies
Ranked by number of acquisitions recorded in this sector, with the year of each buyer's latest one. A buyer that has done this more than once has a thesis, and a thesis is what makes an approach worth making.
| Acquirer | Deals here | Last deal |
|---|---|---|
| TransDigm Group | 10 | 2025 |
| VSE | 3 | 2026 |
| Redwire | 3 | 2025 |
| AeroVironment | 3 | 2021 |
| Spirit AeroSystems | 2 | 2020 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 2 | 2019 |
| JBT | 2 | 2019 |
| American Industrial Partners (PE) | 2 | 2018 |
| Meggitt | 2 | 2015 |
| Air Partner | 2 | 2015 |
Counted from 96 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Name variants of the same buyer (Inc, Corporation, Ltd) are counted together.
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Recorded transactions
| Target | Acquirer | Date | Value | EV/EBITDA | EV/Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A&B Aerospace | PMGC Holdings Inc. | 2026-05-12 | $5m | n/d | n/d |
| Precision Aviation Group | VSE Corporation | 2026-05-05 | $2.0bn | n/d | n/d |
| Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing | Howmet Aerospace Inc. | 2026-04-06 | $1.8bn | n/d | n/d |
| World View Enterprises Inc. | Ondas Inc. | 2026-04-01 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Honeywell general aviation autopilot | Innovative Solutions and Support | 2026-03-27 | $22m | n/d | n/d |
| TriMas Aerospace | Tinicum L.P. and Blackstone Inc. funds | 2026-03-16 | $1.4bn | n/d | n/d |
| Nimbus Drones Technologies and Marketing Ltd. | Nukkleus Inc. | 2026-01-15 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Lanteris Space Systems | Intuitive Machines | 2026-01-13 | $687m | n/d | n/d |
| Invocon | Cemtrex | 2026-01-08 | $7m | n/d | n/d |
| Spirit AeroSystems Holdings | The Boeing Company | 2025-12-08 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Rotor Lab Pty Ltd | Unusual Machines | 2025-09-03 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Leggett & Platt Aerospace Products Group | Tinicum Incorporated | 2025-08-29 | $286m | n/d | 1.5x |
| Triumph Group | Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners | 2025-07-24 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Simmonds Precision Products | TransDigm Group | 2025-06-30 | $765m | n/d | n/d |
| Edge Autonomy Intermediate Holdings | Redwire Corporation | 2025-06-13 | $925m | n/d | n/d |
| Servotronics | TransDigm Group | 2025-05-19 | $110m | n/d | n/d |
| G2 Secure Staff | Menzies Aviation | 2025-04-14 | $305m | n/d | n/d |
| Vayu (US) Inc. | brooqLy | 2025-04-07 | $15m | n/d | n/d |
| Edge Autonomy | Redwire | 2025-01-20 | $925m | n/d | n/d |
| AAR - Landing Gear Overhaul Business | GA Telesis | 2024-12-20 | $51m | n/d | n/d |
| A.O.T | BWXT | 2024-11-04 | $100m | n/d | n/d |
| Flyht Aerospace Solutions | FTG | 2024-10-21 | $4m | n/d | n/d |
| Kellstrom Aerospace | VSE | 2024-10-15 | $200m | n/d | n/d |
| kSARIA | ITT | 2024-08-01 | $475m | n/d | n/d |
| FMS | Bridger Aerospace | 2024-07-01 | $21m | n/d | n/d |
| Triumph Group - Product Support business | AAR | 2023-12-21 | $725m | n/d | n/d |
| L3Harris’ Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) | TJC (PE) | 2023-11-27 | $700m | n/d | n/d |
| MB Aerospace | Barnes Group | 2023-06-05 | $740m | n/d | n/d |
| JBT's AeroTech Business | Oshkosh | 2023-05-30 | $800m | n/d | n/d |
| QinetiQ Space | Redwire | 2022-10-03 | $36m | n/d | n/d |
| Parker-Hannifin Aircraft Wheel & Brake Division | Kaman | 2022-05-23 | $440m | n/d | n/d |
| Avcorp | Latecoere | 2022-05-05 | $31m | n/d | 0.4x |
| DART Aerospace | TransDigm Group | 2022-03-14 | $360m | n/d | n/d |
| Falko | Chorus Aviation | 2022-02-27 | $855m | n/d | n/d |
| Safran Aerosystems Arresting | Curtiss-Wright | 2022-01-21 | $240m | n/d | n/d |
| Air Comm | Arcline Investment Management (PE) | 2021-07-06 | $250m | n/d | n/d |
| Apollo Fusion | Astra | 2021-06-07 | $145m | n/d | n/d |
| Magal Security Systems - Projects Division | Aeronautics | 2021-02-08 | $35m | n/d | n/d |
| Arcturus UAV | AeroVironment | 2021-01-13 | $405m | n/d | n/d |
| Genesys Aerosystems Group | Moog | 2020-12-21 | $78m | n/d | n/d |
| Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik mbH | AeroVironment | 2020-12-08 | $45m | n/d | n/d |
| Bombardier | Spirit AeroSystems | 2020-10-26 | $275m | n/d | n/d |
| Showa Aircraft Industries | Bain Capital Private Equity (PE) | 2020-05-11 | $817m | n/d | n/d |
| Pacific Design Technologies | AMETEK | 2019-09-04 | $125m | n/d | 3.1x |
| Farsound Aviation | AGIC Capital (PE) | 2019-07-15 | $177m | n/d | n/d |
| Transat A.T. Inc. | Air Canada | 2019-06-27 | $520m | n/d | n/d |
| Bombardier | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 2019-06-25 | $550m | n/d | n/d |
| Canadair Regional Jet Program | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 2019-06-25 | $750m | n/d | n/d |
| AIM Aerospace | Sekisui Chemical | 2019-06-17 | $510m | n/d | n/d |
| Pulse Aerospace LLC | AeroVironment | 2019-06-11 | $26m | n/d | n/d |
| EDAC Technologies | Hanwha Aerospace | 2019-06-10 | $300m | n/d | n/d |
| LEKTRO | JBT | 2019-01-22 | $48m | n/d | n/d |
| 1st Choice Aerospace | VSE | 2019-01-10 | $112m | n/d | 3.9x |
| Bombardier | Undisclosed | 2018-12-27 | $310m | n/d | n/d |
| Waypoint Leasing Ltd. | Macquarie Capital (PE) | 2018-12-08 | $650m | n/d | n/d |
| Skandia | TransDigm Group | 2018-07-13 | $84m | n/d | n/d |
| Crestview Aerospace | American Industrial Partners (PE) | 2018-07-03 | $540m | n/d | n/d |
| Asco Industries N.V. | Spirit AeroSystems | 2018-05-02 | $650m | n/d | n/d |
| Vertex | American Industrial Partners (PE) | 2018-05-01 | $540m | n/d | n/d |
| Hawker Pacific Air | Jet Aviation | 2018-04-12 | $250m | n/d | n/d |
| Extant Components Group Holdings | TransDigm Group | 2018-03-19 | $525m | n/d | n/d |
| KAPCO | TransDigm Group | 2018-03-15 | $50m | n/d | n/d |
| Magnetic MRO AS | Guangzhou Hangxin Aviation Technology | 2018-01-03 | $48m | n/d | n/d |
| ACRO Aircraft Seating Ltd. | Zhejiang Tiancheng Controls | 2017-09-27 | $85m | n/d | n/d |
| Aircraft Maintenance Support Services Ltd. | JBT | 2017-06-16 | $15m | n/d | n/d |
| Coleman Aerospace | Aerojet Rocketdyne | 2017-02-22 | $15m | n/d | n/d |
| Meggitt Target Systems | QinetiQ | 2016-12-21 | $89m | n/d | n/d |
| Butler America Aerospace LLC | HCL Technologies | 2016-10-21 | $85m | n/d | 1.0x |
| Sigma Components | Silverfleet Capital (PE) | 2016-05-04 | $100m | n/d | n/d |
| Harris Corp. - Composite Aero-Structures division | Albany International | 2016-02-29 | $210m | n/d | n/d |
| Orolia | Eurazeo PME (PE) | 2016-02-11 | $113m | n/d | 1.0x |
| AIM Aerospace | Liberty Hall Capital Partners (PE) | 2016-02-03 | $220m | n/d | n/d |
| Rolls Royce Holdings plc - Pipe Manufacturing Business | Avingtrans | 2016-01-29 | $5m | n/d | n/d |
| Robertson Fuel Systems LLC | HEICO | 2015-12-21 | $255m | n/d | n/d |
| Skyserv | Swissport Aviareps Hellas | 2015-12-07 | $20m | n/d | n/d |
| Breeze-Eastern Corp. | TransDigm Group | 2015-11-19 | $206m | 9.6x | 2.3x |
| Cobham Advanced Composites Ltd. | Meggitt | 2015-09-22 | $200m | n/d | 2.5x |
| EDAC - Aerospace Components Manufacturing Division | Meggitt | 2015-09-22 | $340m | n/d | n/d |
| Baines Simmons Ltd. | Air Partner | 2015-08-19 | $9m | n/d | n/d |
| PneuDraulics | TransDigm Group | 2015-08-19 | $325m | n/d | n/d |
| Fokker Technologies Group B.V. | GKN | 2015-07-28 | $796m | 9.3x | 0.9x |
| Noranco | Precision Castparts | 2015-07-27 | $560m | n/d | n/d |
| Southern California Braiding | DCX-CHOL Enterprises | 2015-07-10 | $3m | n/d | n/d |
| Avantus | Inflexion (PE) | 2015-05-28 | $220m | n/d | n/d |
| CTC Aviation Group Ltd. | L-3 Communications | 2015-05-28 | $220m | n/d | n/d |
| Euravia Engineering & Supply Co. Ltd. | Magellan | 2015-05-15 | $57m | n/d | n/d |
| Pexco LLC - Aerospace Business | TransDigm Group | 2015-05-14 | $496m | n/d | n/d |
| Cabot Aviation Services Ltd. | Air Partner | 2015-05-13 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias S.A. | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico | 2015-04-17 | $191m | n/d | n/d |
| Sargent Aerospace & Defense | RBC Bearings | 2015-03-26 | $500m | n/d | 2.6x |
| Telair US LLC | TransDigm Group | 2015-03-26 | $725m | n/d | n/d |
| CAV Aerospace | Better Capital (PE) | 2015-03-20 | $62m | n/d | n/d |
| PDG Aviation Services | LDC (PE) | 2015-02-23 | $31m | n/d | n/d |
| Armstrong Aerospace | Astronics | 2015-01-14 | $52m | n/d | n/d |
| Defence Support Group | Babcock International Group | 2015-01-06 | $216m | n/d | n/d |
| Provincial Aerospace Ltd. | Exchange Income Corporation | 2014-11-12 | $246m | n/d | n/d |
n/d means not disclosed. Most transactions close without a published multiple, which is why the disclosed count matters more than the median.
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