M&A Deal Summary

L-3 Communications Acquires Adaptive Methods

On September 13, 2017, L-3 Communications acquired defense company Adaptive Methods

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 3rd transaction in the Defense sector.
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 34th transaction in the United States.
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 5th transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-09-13
Target Adaptive Methods
Sector Defense
Buyer(s) L-3 Communications
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Adaptive Methods

Centreville, Virginia, United States
Adaptive Methods, Inc. is a systems engineering company that delivers Undersea Warfare (USW) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities for U.S. military customers. It is also developing autonomy and sensor payload solutions for use by Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs).

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Buyer(S) 1

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 43 of 45
Sector (Defense) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 35 of 37
State (Virginia) 5 of 5
Country (United States) 34 of 36
Year (2017) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-12 Doss Aviation

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Department of Defense (DOD) is a provider of flight training, aircraft maintenance and modification, maintenance training, fuels management, transient aircraft support services, air traffic control, and other airfield management services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-01 Vertex

Madison, Mississippi, United States

Vertex delivers integrated turnkey lifecycle support from concept definition to engineering and manufacturing, through the end of life support of complex systems and platforms, Vertex offerings include all levels of aviation maintenance, worldwide contractor logistics support, systems engineering and integration, specialized onsite mission execution, high consequence training programs for defense and commercial customers, and integrated supply-chain solutions. Vertex is based in Madison, Mississippi.

Sell $540M