Advent International and BCI Complete Acquisition of Maxar Technologies

Vaisala Acquires Maxar Intelligence's WeatherDesk Business

December 9, 2024

Data & Analytics

Vaisala Corporation has acquired the WeatherDesk business assets from US-based Maxar Intelligence for USD 70 million to accelerate growth of its Xweather unit and expand AI-led weather forecasting capabilities. The deal, financed mainly with interest-bearing debt, transfers 34 professionals to Vaisala; WeatherDesk reported USD 13 million in recurring net sales in 2023.

Advent International Takes Nuvei Private in a $6.3B Deal

April 1, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Nuvei entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to be taken private by Advent International in an all-cash transaction valuing the payments company at approximately US$6.3 billion. Shareholders will receive US$34.00 per share, and the deal is expected to close in late 2024 or the first quarter of 2025.

HawkEye 360 Acquires RF Solutions from Maxar Intelligence

December 28, 2023

Aerospace & Defense

Herndon-based HawkEye 360 has acquired RF Solutions, a Westminster, Colorado business unit formerly part of Maxar Intelligence. The deal, a divestiture of Maxar's RF Solutions assets, adds two on-orbit satellites, IP, a data archive and about 11 employees to HawkEye 360, expanding its RF-spectrum scanning and analytics capabilities.

Advent Agrees to Acquire Coherent Aerospace and Defense Business

August 18, 2025

Aerospace & Defense

Coherent has agreed to sell its Aerospace and Defense business to Advent for $400 million. The proceeds are intended to reduce Coherent’s debt and improve earnings per share, while Advent plans to support the business’s strategic growth as a standalone entity.

ARKA Group Acquires Maxar's Radar and Sensor Technology (RST) Group

November 1, 2024

Aerospace & Defense

ARKA Group, L.P. has completed the acquisition of Maxar’s Radar and Sensor Technology (RST) group, a Ypsilanti, Michigan–based radar and sensor engineering team that supports U.S. government synthetic aperture radar (SAR) programs. The acquisition adds radar, moving-target indication and full‑spectrum geospatial intelligence capabilities to ARKA’s existing space hardware and software offerings, strengthening its mission-focused solutions for U.S. and allied defense customers.

Analog Devices to Acquire Maxim Integrated

July 13, 2020

Manufacturing

Analog Devices, Inc. will acquire Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. in an all-stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at more than $68 billion. Maxim stockholders will receive 0.630 shares of ADI for each Maxim share, leaving ADI shareholders with ~69% and Maxim shareholders with ~31% of the combined company; the deal is intended to strengthen ADI's analog semiconductor leadership and deliver cost synergies.