Every deal we've covered

Pursuit Aerospace acquired Creasey Castings and is adding 40% more space at its Tunis facility to expand investment casting capacity.

Leidos and investment firm Altaris completed their previously announced transaction combining Leidos' Security Enterprise Solutions business with Analogic to form a scaled U.S.-based joint venture operating under the Analogic brand. Leidos retains a significant minority stake in the new company, which serves airport, border and critical infrastructure screening markets. Leidos said the launch sharpens its focus on growth engines under its NorthStar 2030 strategy.

Sogeclair completed the sale of its Airbus-dedicated engineering activities to Akkodis, covering 366 employees across six countries and roughly 20% of group revenue.

TTM Technologies completed its acquisition of EPIQ Design Solutions for $1.1 billion in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. Epiq supplies open-architecture, AI-enabled software-defined radios, high-performance RF products and radiation-tolerant space compute used in signals intelligence and electronic warfare. TTM expects the business to be immediately accretive to adjusted EBITDA and accretive to non-GAAP EPS in 2028.

Autonomous Power Corporation, dba Powerus, expected to close its merger into a subsidiary of Aureus Greenway Holdings on October 1, with the combined autonomous defense technology company renamed Powerus Corporation and trading as PUSA.

Defense drone maker Powerus merged into a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Aureus Greenway Holdings, which has been renamed Powerus Corporation and continues trading under PUSA.

Industrial Growth Partners completed the sale of Prince & Izant to TransDigm Group for $1.066 billion, with the transaction closing September 28. The Cleveland-based maker of brazing alloys, precious metal components and clad metal solutions serves aerospace, defense, medical and power generation markets. IGP recapitalized the company in 2022 and more than doubled EBITDA through three add-on acquisitions.

Karob Instrument, a family-owned Ocala, Florida precision machining manufacturer serving Gulfstream Aerospace and others, was acquired by an investment group led by EMT Metals CEO Mark Izzo, bringing both companies under common ownership.

AAR CORP. agreed to acquire a 65% controlling interest in MRO Holdings at an implied enterprise value of $4.0 billion, or 10.7x forecast 2026 adjusted EBITDA including $75 million of expected run-rate cost synergies. MRO Holdings employs roughly 10,000 people across 115 lines of airframe maintenance capacity in El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia and the US, with about 90% of revenue from US customers.

RedLattice will merge with Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. to list on Nasdaq under ticker REDL at a $1.25 billion pre-money valuation, closing expected around year end. The deal could raise about $610 million absent redemptions, including $275 million of 4% convertible notes from Loomis Sayles and $60 million of common stock bought by AE Industrial and the sponsor. Revenue rose 29% to $267 million in the year to June 30.

TransDigm completed its roughly $1.066 billion all-cash acquisition of Prince & Izant, a Cleveland-based maker of engineered brazing alloys and specialty metal components, from Industrial Growth Partners. The price includes certain tax benefits and was funded with cash on hand. P&I is expected to generate about $390 million of revenue in calendar 2026, mostly aftermarket, across nearly 10,000 active SKUs.

Viking Acquisition Corp. I expects to complete its business combination with space situational awareness provider NorthStar Earth & Space on September 30, with shares trading on NYSE American under NSTR.

FTAI Aviation has acquired 27 Boeing 737-700 aircraft from WestJet in one of its largest aircraft transactions to date. FTAI's 2026 SPV, the second vehicle of its Strategic Capital business, took 17 jets on lease to WestJet in a sale-leaseback, while FTAI itself bought 10 off-lease aircraft to feed CFM56-7B engines and modules into its Aerospace Products exchange pool.

Iridium Communications stockholders voted approximately 99.6% in favor of adopting the merger agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire the satellite operator.

Rocket One Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Tracer Drone Technologies, a New Jersey provider of drone hardware, software, training and managed services.

Citadel Aviation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mach 1 Aviation Group, a Savannah-based Gulfstream AOG and maintenance repair station; terms undisclosed, closing expected by end of September 2026.

Signature Aviation acquired Castle & Cooke Aviation Services LLC, operator of a fixed-base operator at Van Nuys Airport, from Castle & Cooke, Inc.; terms undisclosed.

Beretta Holding commenced a cash tender offer to purchase up to 2,400,184 shares of Sturm, Ruger & Company at $44.80 per share, a roughly 21% premium.

Becklin Holdings acquired Chief Avionics, an FAA-certified avionics provider based at Grants Pass Airport in Oregon, expanding its aerospace and defense portfolio.

Arxis, Inc. closed the acquisitions of aerospace bearing maker Schatz Bearing Corporation and ceramic packaging maker StratEdge Corporation in early September.