List of 28 Illinois-based Aerospace Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
AAR NYSE : AIR Wood Dale, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	2,319	18	12	6
JSSI PE Backed GTCR Genstar Capital Blackstone Credit 2020-11-19 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	4	4	-
MAG USA Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	3	3	-
Elliott Aviation PE Backed Summit Park Stellus Capital Management 2020-02-03 Moline, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	4	2	2
West Star Aviation PE Backed Greenbriar Equity Group 2025-05-21 East Alton, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	1	1	-
Kaney Aerospace Private Rockford, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	1	1	-
Procyon Technologies, Inc. Private Downers Grove, Illinois, United States	Aerospace	-	1	1	-
Residco Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	1	1	-
Mitchell Aircraft Private Cary, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	1	-	1
Envoy Aerospace Acquired Astronics 2025-07-08 Aurora, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	-	-	-
Armstrong Aerospace, Inc. Acquired Astronics 2015-01-14 $52M Itasca, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	-	-	-
JBT's AeroTech Business Acquired Oshkosh 2023-05-30 $800M Chicago, Illinois, United States	Aerospace	-	-	-	-
Aviation Products Systems Acquired VS Aviation 2024-08-14 Granite City, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	-	-	-
Mitchell Aircraft - PMA Acquired Jet Parts Engineering 2024-10-07 Cary, Illinois, United States	Aerospace	-	-	-	-
Northstar Aerospace Acquired GE Aerospace 2025-06-26 Bedford Park, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	-	-	-
Flightcheck Commercial Aviation Services PE Backed Lineage Capital 2020-01-31 Bensenville, Illinois, United States website	Aerospace	-	-	-	-

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