List of 30 California-based Defense Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Cubic PE Backed Veritas Capital 2021-02-08 $2.8B San Diego, California, United States website	Defense	1,476	17	17	-
Kratos NASDAQ : KTOS San Diego, California, United States website	Defense	1,136	15	13	2
General Atomics Private San Diego, California, United States website	Defense	-	4	4	-
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. Private San Diego, California, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc. Private Del Mar, California, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Sierra Bullets LLC Acquired Clarus 2017-08-22 $79M Sedalia, California, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Armasight, Inc. Acquired FLIR Systems, Inc. 2016-06-28 $41M San Francisco, California, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
Endwave - Defense & Security Business Acquired Microsemi 2009-04-30 $28M San Jose, California, United States	Defense	-	-	-	-
Berger Bullets Acquired NAMMO AS 2016-10-11 Fullerton, California, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
Condor Systems, Inc. Acquired Exelis, Inc. 2002-05-28 Morgan Hill, California, United States	Defense	-	-	-	-
Sensor Concepts, Inc. Acquired Raptor Scientific 2020-11-04 Livermore, California, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
Citadel Defense Acquired BlueHalo 2021-11-08 National City, California, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
Physical Optics Corp. Acquired Mercury 2020-12-07 Torrance, California, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
NetworkFab Corp. Acquired Agilent 2007-08-13 Santa Clara, California, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-
San Diego Research Center, Inc. Acquired Argon ST, Inc. 2006-07-07 $41M San Diego, California, United States	Defense	-	-	-	-
DutySmith Acquired Phalanx Defense Systems, LLC 2015-04-26 Los Angeles, California, United States	Defense	-	-	-	-

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