NuWave Solutions Acquires BigBear Inc.
December 3, 2020
NuWave Solutions has acquired BigBear Inc., a San Diego–based provider of cloud-based big data analytics, AI and geospatial solutions for the U.S. national security community. The acquisition — NuWave's first since being acquired by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners earlier in 2020 — expands NuWave's data analytics, AI and cloud capabilities to better serve federal defense and intelligence customers. Terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- NuWave Solutions, AE Industrial Partners
- Targets
- BigBear Inc.
- Platforms
- NuWave Solutions
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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