Falfurrias Management Partners Forms Defense Technology Platform by Merging John H. Northrop & Associates, Coherent Technical Services and EXPANSIA Group
January 1, 2026
Falfurrias Management Partners advised by McGuireWoods merged John H. Northrop & Associates, Coherent Technical Services and EXPANSIA Group to create a new national defense technology platform serving U.S. government defense agencies and commercial partners. The combined company will deliver digital engineering, modeling & simulation and advanced fabrication and employs more than 525 professionals across key defense hubs in the United States.
- Buyers
- Falfurrias Management Partners
- Targets
- John H. Northrop & Associates, Coherent Technical Services, EXPANSIA Group
- Platforms
- Falfurrias' new defense technology platform
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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