List of 31 Acquired Defense Companies in Virginia

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
ATK Acquired Orbital ATK, Inc. 2014-04-29 Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	4,775	11	9	2
PAE Acquired Amentum 2021-10-25 $1.9B Falls Church, Virginia, United States website	Defense	2,715	6	6	-
Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. Acquired Keywords Studios 2017-03-08 $235M Herndon, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	4	4	-
Argon ST, Inc. Acquired Boeing 2010-06-30 $775M Fairfax, Virginia, United States website	Defense	366	1	1	-
A-T Solutions, Inc. Acquired PAE 2015-05-07 Vienna, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Academi Acquired Constellis 2014-01-01 Reston, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Schafer Corp. Acquired Gryphon Technologies 2019-03-15 Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	2	1	1
United Defense Industries, Inc. Acquired BAE System 2005-06-27 $4.2B Arlington, Virginia, United States	Defense	-	2	1	1
Aries Defense Acquired Sigma Defense 2025-10-13 Suffolk, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems - Explosive Hazard Detection Business Acquired ELTA North America 2025-06-16 Dulles, Virginia, United States	Defense	-	-	-	-
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. - Team Contracts Business Acquired System High 2021-01-11 McLean, Virginia, United States	Defense	-	-	-	-
Allegient Defense Acquired NowVertical 2022-04-06 $10.4M Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
Adaptive Methods, Inc. Acquired L-3 Communications 2017-09-13 Centreville, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
Decisive Analytics Corp. Acquired Whitney, Bradley & Brown 2020-01-15 Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
ATAC Acquired Textron 2016-05-03 Newport News, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
National Technologies Associates, Inc. Acquired VTG 2019-01-22 Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-

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