M&A Deal Summary

L-3 Communications Acquires Advanced System Architectures

On January 25, 2006, L-3 Communications acquired aerospace company Advanced System Architectures

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 4th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-01-25
Target Advanced System Architectures
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) L-3 Communications
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Advanced System Architectures

Alton, United Kingdom
Advanced System Architectures Ltd., is a niche systems engineering and software developer of multi-sensor fusion and tracking systems, primarily for challenging "targets" such as cruise and ballistic missiles and military aircraft.

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Buyer

L-3 Communications

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees38,000
Revenue 9.6B USD (2017)
DESCRIPTION

L3 Technologies, Inc. is an american company that supplies command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems and products, avionics, ocean products. L3 Technologies was founded in 1997 and is based in New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 45
Sector: Aerospace M&A 4 of 14
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 37
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 5
Year: 2006 M&A 3 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-25 TCS Design and Management Services

Warner Robins, Georgia, United States

TCS Design and Management Services, provides software development and integration, modification, testing, documentation, inspection and depot maintenance services to its customers, which also include prime aerospace contractors and the U.S. Army.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-01 SafeView

Santa Clara, California, United States

SafeView, Inc. is a provider of personnel screening technology. SafeView's low power millimeter wave technology detects objects of concern such as weapons, explosives, plastics, ceramics, and metals by scanning the body and creating 3-D images of hidden contraband.

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