AE Industrial Partners Acquires PCI
October 26, 2020
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.
- Buyers
- AE Industrial Partners
- Targets
- PCI
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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