AE Industrial Partners Acquires Adcole Maryland Aerospace

AE Industrial Partners Acquires Majority Stake in York Space Systems

October 4, 2022

Aerospace & Defense

AE Industrial Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in York Space Systems, a Denver-based manufacturer of small satellites and turnkey mission operations, with funds managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners investing alongside. The deal provides York with institutional capital to scale production capacity and accelerate growth across government and commercial satellite markets; CEO Dirk Wallinger and Chairman Charles Beames will remain in leadership and retain significant ownership.

Artemis Sells Adcole to Management and Strategic Partner

September 12, 2022

Manufacturing

Artemis Capital Partners has sold Adcole, LLC — a Marlborough, Massachusetts-based maker of high-precision metrology and gaging systems — in a management-led transaction alongside an unnamed strategic partner. The sale is a divestiture/PE exit intended to position Adcole for continued product development and growth serving automotive, aerospace, defense and industrial customers.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires PCI

October 26, 2020

Cybersecurity

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired PCI, a Columbia, Maryland–based provider of cybersecurity, computer network operations (CNO), cloud engineering, systems engineering, enterprise IT, and data analytics for the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The deal — terms not disclosed — represents AEI's ninth platform investment in Fund II and is intended to accelerate PCI's growth and reach into defense, intelligence, and national security markets.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires Deep Space Systems

June 1, 2020

Aerospace & Defense

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) acquired Deep Space Systems (DSS) and will combine it with Adcole Space to form Redwire, a new space-technology platform focused on mission-critical space systems and high-reliability electronics. The deal brings DSS’s spacecraft engineering, payloads, and ground support capabilities into the AEI-backed Redwire platform to expand scale and complementary capabilities for government and commercial space customers.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires American Pacific Corporation

February 6, 2020

Manufacturing

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired American Pacific Corporation, a Cedar City, Utah-based manufacturer of specialty chemicals and materials used in aerospace, defense, space launch and fire suppression applications, from Huntsman Family Investments. The deal, which closed Feb. 6, 2020, will position AEI to grow American Pacific as a platform investment and further support customers in national security and space programs.

AEA Investors Acquires API Technologies Corp.

May 9, 2019

Aerospace & Defense

AEA Investors' Middle Market Private Equity team has completed the acquisition of API Technologies Corp. from J.F. Lehman & Company. API Technologies, headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, is a manufacturer of high‑performance RF/microwave components and subsystems serving aerospace, defense, space and government customers; AEA plans to invest in the company’s position in the radio frequency/microwave components market to support future growth and product modernization.