Siemens Acquires UltraSoC Technologies

Eaton Acquires Ultra PCS Limited from Cobham Ultra Group for $1.55 Billion

January 24, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Eaton has completed the acquisition of Ultra PCS Limited from the Cobham Ultra Group for $1.55 billion. The deal brings Ultra PCS’s electronic controls, sensing, stores-ejection and data-processing solutions into Eaton’s Aerospace portfolio to expand capability in mission-critical aerospace and defense systems and is expected to be accretive to Eaton’s Aerospace margins and growth.

Cadence Acquires Secure-IC

October 30, 2025

Cybersecurity

Cadence Design Systems has completed its acquisition of Secure-IC, a provider of embedded security IP, security evaluation tools and related services. The deal enhances Cadence’s embedded cybersecurity capabilities and positions the company to better address security and regulatory requirements across end markets such as automotive, aerospace, data center and IoT.

Siemens Acquires Dotmatics for $5.1 Billion

July 1, 2025

Software

Siemens AG has completed the acquisition of Dotmatics, a Boston-based life sciences R&D software provider and portfolio company of Insight Partners, for an enterprise value of $5.1 billion. Dotmatics will join Siemens' Digital Industries Software business to expand the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio into Life Sciences, adding over $300 million in revenue and enabling AI-powered end-to-end scientific R&D workflows.

Sophos Acquires SOC.OS

April 22, 2022

Cybersecurity

Sophos has acquired SOC.OS, a UK-based spinout from BAE Systems that provides a cloud-based security alert investigation and triage automation solution. The acquisition will expand Sophos' Managed Threat Response (MTR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities by adding third‑party telemetry ingestion and automated alert clustering and triage.

Ultra I&C Acquires Expeditionary Engineering

April 23, 2025

Aerospace & Defense

Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C) has acquired San Diego-based Expeditionary Engineering, a designer and manufacturer of rugged 3U VPX hardware for airborne and expeditionary Department of Defense applications. The deal brings Expeditionary Engineering's SPOC-compliant embedded computing platforms into Ultra I&C's secure communications and software-defined systems to enhance tactical edge processing, command-and-control, and software deployment capabilities.

Siemens Acquires Altair Engineering

March 26, 2025

Software

Siemens AG has completed the acquisition of Altair Engineering Inc. for an enterprise value of approximately USD 10 billion. The deal adds Altair's capabilities in mechanical and electromagnetic simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data science and AI to Siemens' Xcelerator platform, strengthening Siemens' industrial software and digital twin offerings.