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2013 Year in Review
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December 19, 2013
December 13, 2013
November 22, 2013
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TransDigm Group acquired Airborne
Systems Inc from MetalMark Capital
for $250 million cash. Airborne
Systems designs and manufactures
personnel parachutes, cargo aerial
delivery systems, emergency escape
systems, naval decoys. The highly
proprietary products have significant
sole source positions with the US,
UK and 50 other national
governments. Revenue for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2013 was $160
million.
Google acquired Boston Dynamics, a
company known for developing super-
fast, animal-like robots for DARPA
and other DoD organizations. Our
Company’s development teams take
projects from initial concept to proof-
of-principle prototyping to build-test-
build engineering, to field testing and
low-rate production. The purchase is
part of Google's broader push into the
field of robotics.
Aurora Capital Group acquired
National Technical Systems (NTS)
for approximately $270 million.
Based in California, NTS provides
testing and engineering services
primarily to aerospace, defense,
telecommunications, and high
technology markets. The acquisition
represents Aurora’s first investment
in the aerospace, defense, and
government services industry.
has acquired
has acquired
has acquired
Notable Transaction Activity
Source: Capital IQ and InfoBase as of 12/31/13
