M&A Deal Summary

Boeing Acquires Vought Aircraft South Carolina

On July 7, 2009, Boeing acquired aerospace company Vought Aircraft South Carolina from Vought Aircraft Industries

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Boeing’s 6th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is Boeing’s 14th transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-07-07
Target Vought Aircraft South Carolina
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) Boeing
Sellers(s) Vought Aircraft Industries
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Vought Aircraft South Carolina

United States
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. the independent developer and producer of structural assemblies for commercial, military and business aircraft.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Boeing

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1916
Sector Aerospace
Employees172,000
Revenue 66.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
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Entrance to Boeing's corporate headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

Boeing is a global aerospace company that operates in five principal segments. These segments include Commercial Airplanes; Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) which comprises of Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA), Network & Space Systems (N&SS) and Global Services & Support (GS&S); and Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC). The Company's other business includes the activities of Engineering, Operations & Technology (EO&T) and Shared Services Group (SSG). EO&T provides Boeing with technical and functional capabilities, including information technology, research and development, test and evaluation, technology strategy development, environmental remediation management and intellectual property management. Boeing was founded in 1916 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 34
Sector: Aerospace M&A 6 of 10
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 5
Country: United States M&A 14 of 29
Year: 2009 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-22 eXMeritus Software Federal Systems Inc

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

eXMeritus is a software security company. eXMeritus was formed in 2000 and is based in Fairfax, Virginia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-30 Argon ST

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Argon ST, Inc. designs, develops, and produces systems and sensors for the Command and Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) markets, including SIGINT (signals intelligence), ESM (Electronic Support Measures), EW (Electronic Warfare), imaging, and acoustic systems serving domestic and worldwide markets.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Vought Aircraft Industries

Dallas, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1917
Sector Aerospace
Employees5,900
Revenue 1.9B USD (2009)
DESCRIPTION

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. is a global manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial, military and business jet aircraft. Products include fuselages, wings, empennages, nacelles and helicopter cabins.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Aerospace M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-07-01 The Aerostructures

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

The Aerostructures Corp. is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and assembler of large aerostructure components for commercial and military planes.

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