M&A Deal Summary

General Dynamics Acquires Applied Physical Sciences

On December 21, 2012, General Dynamics acquired engineering company Applied Physical Sciences

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is General Dynamics’ 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is General Dynamics’ 25th transaction in the United States.
  • This is General Dynamics’ 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-12-21
Target Applied Physical Sciences
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) General Dynamics
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Westbury Group LLC (Financial)

Target

Applied Physical Sciences

Groton, Connecticut, United States
Applied Physical Sciences offers research, development, engineering and prototyping services to government and commercial customers in the areas of acoustics, signal processing, marine hydrodynamics and electromagnetics. It is an industry leader in the fields of directional underwater transducers, maritime and ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) sensing and communication systems, and special purpose underwater devices for government laboratories, universities and industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

General Dynamics

Reston, Virginia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1899
Sector Defense
Employees100,000
Revenue 42.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
General Dynamics' Ordnance and Tactical Systems unit located in St. Petersburg, Florida.
General Dynamics' Ordnance and Tactical Systems unit located in St. Petersburg, Florida.

General Dynamics is an aerospace and defense company. It manufacturers business jets as well as provides combat systems to the US military. General Dynamics was founded in 1952 and is based in Reston, Virginia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 30
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 26 of 27
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 25 of 26
Year (2012) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-10 Open Kernel Labs

Chicago, Illinois, United States

OK Labs is a Chicago-based provider of virtualization software for securing wireless communications, applications and content for mobile devices and automotive in-vehicle infotainment systems.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-06 AxleTech International Holdings

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

AxleTech is a manufacturer and supplier of axles, axle components, planetary axles, brakes, and aftermarket parts for commercial specialty trucks, military vehicles, and off-highway machines used in construction, material handling, forestry, mining, and agricultural markets.

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