Tracked deals
3
3 tracked deals across 2021-2026.
Operating Company
Manufacturing
Karman Space & Defense
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Karman Space & Defense is a rapid design, development, and production provider of critical next-generation systems for space and defense missions, delivering payload & protection systems, aero/hydrodynamic interstage systems, and propulsion & launch systems to prime contractors supporting U.S. space and defense programs.
- Focus Areas
- Payload & protection systems, Aero/hydrodynamic interstage systems, Propulsion & launch systems
- Website
- karman-sd.com
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
2 buyout · 1 addon
Karman Space & Defense Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 3 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Karman Space & Defense
- Target
- Walker Precision Engineering
- Seller
- Walker Precision Engineering and its shareholders
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
Karman Space & Defense (NYSE: KRMN) completed the acquisition of Walker Precision Engineering on August 28, 2026. The deal strengthens Karman’s position in tactical missile and air defense subsystems and establishes Karman’s first operating presence outside the United States to expand across European defense markets.
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- Buyer
- Karman Space & Defense (Karman Holdings Inc.)
- Target
- Metal Technology Inc. (MTI)
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Karman Space & Defense (Karman Holdings Inc.) acquired Metal Technology Inc. (MTI), a refractory-alloy specialist based in Albany, Oregon, for $90 million in cash. The deal expands Karman's advanced materials and manufacturing capabilities (including additive manufacturing, hot forging and specialized forming) and provides accelerated access to strategic and classified missile defense programs.
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February 9, 2021
- Buyer
- Karman Missile & Space Systems, Trive Capital
- Target
- AAE Aerospace
- Seller
- Norm Christensen, AAE Aerospace shareholders
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Karman Missile & Space Systems, a Trive Capital portfolio company, has acquired AAE Aerospace, a manufacturer of high-temperature composites used in missile, interceptor, and space propulsion subsystems. The deal expands Karman's end-to-end production capabilities for critical propulsion components and keeps AAE's senior leadership as equity holders; Trive served as the sponsor and advisors included Lazard Middle Market and D.A. Davidson.
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