Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Acquires PVP Advanced EO Systems

EOTECH Acquires VK Integrated Systems

August 5, 2025

Aerospace & Defense

EOTECH has acquired VK Integrated Systems (VKIS), a Clarksville, Tennessee developer of weapon electronics, TAK-based situational awareness tools, and battlefield networking solutions. The purchase expands EOTECH’s capabilities beyond optics into integrated weapon sensors, edge computing, and turnkey TAK server offerings to accelerate battlefield digitization and C5ISR capability at the tactical edge.

Cerberus Capital Management Acquires Votaw Precision Technologies

March 24, 2025

Manufacturing

Cerberus Capital Management has acquired Votaw Precision Technologies, a Santa Fe Springs, California-based specialty manufacturer of mission-critical hardware and components for aerospace, defense, space and maritime applications. The deal, led by Cerberus' Supply Chain and Strategic Opportunities platform, will support investments to expand Votaw's machining and assembly capacity, deepen customer relationships, and broaden its geographic footprint to bolster the U.S. defense industrial base.

General Atomics Acquires EO Vista, LLC

September 15, 2023

Aerospace & Defense

General Atomics has acquired EO Vista, LLC, an Acton, Massachusetts-based developer of electro-optical and infrared sensor payloads, and will integrate the business into its General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) group. EO Vista currently supplies the EO/IR weather sensor payload for a U.S. Space Force contract to deliver an EO/IR Weather System (EWS) satellite; the acquisition expands GA-EMS's sensor and space systems capabilities.

RAF Equity Acquires Automated Systems Design, Inc. (ASD)

April 1, 2023

Electrical Services

RAF Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Automated Systems Design, Inc. (ASD), an Alpharetta, Georgia–based provider of workplace technology services including low-voltage cabling, audio-visual, access control, and wireless solutions. RAF intends to support ASD’s organic growth and pursue expansion via acquisitions while ASD remains led by CEO Kevin Kiziah.

Vertex Aerospace Acquires Raytheon Technologies' Defense Training and Mission Critical Solutions Business Lines

December 7, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Vertex Aerospace, owned by private equity firm American Industrial Partners, agreed to acquire Raytheon Technologies' Defense Training and Mission Critical Solutions business lines, a group of businesses that generated approximately $1.0 billion in sales in 2020. The transaction (a divestiture by Raytheon Technologies) adds roughly 2,000 employees to Vertex, expands its training, mission-critical support and modernization capabilities, and broadens its government and commercial aerospace contract portfolio.

Pacific Defense Acquires Spear Research

November 5, 2020

Aerospace & Defense

Pacific Defense, a defense electronics platform backed by HCI Equity Partners and Emerald Lake Capital Management, has acquired Nashua, New Hampshire–based Spear Research. The acquisition adds electronic warfare, signals intelligence (SIGINT/ELINT), RF engineering, advanced signal processing and autonomous networked sensor capabilities to Pacific Defense's portfolio to better serve DoD and select international customers.