Add-on Acquisition • Technology Hardware

L-3 Communications Acquires Aerosim Technologies

On September 30, 2016, L-3 Communications acquired technology hardware company Aerosim Technologies

Acquisition Context

This is L-3 Communications’ 5th transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
This is L-3 Communications’ 28th transaction in the United States.
This is L-3 Communications’ 1st transaction in Minnesota.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	September 30, 2016
Target	Aerosim Technologies
Sector	Technology Hardware
Buyer(s)	L-3 Communications
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Aerosim Technologies

Burnsville, Minnesota, United States

Aerosim Technologies, Inc. is a provider of pilot and maintenance technician training tools for distance learning, ground school, and flight training. These training devices are both portable and flexible and have been applied in the classroom and computer lab environments as well as on distance learning platforms all over the world.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

L-3 Communications

New York, New York, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1997
Sector	Technology Hardware
Employees	38,000
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 Context for Buyer	#
Overall	36 of 45
Sector: Technology Hardware	5 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition	29 of 37
State: Minnesota	1 of 1
Country: United States	28 of 36
Year: 2016	3 of 6

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2016-09-30	Aerosim Flight Academy Sanford, Florida, United States Aerosim Flight Academy, Inc. trains students to become professional, highly qualified pilots to fulfill the needs of the growing airline industry.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2016-09-30

Aerosim Flight Academy

Sanford, Florida, United States

Aerosim Flight Academy, Inc. trains students to become professional, highly qualified pilots to fulfill the needs of the growing airline industry.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2016-10-10	Implant Sciences - Explosives Trace Detection Assets Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States Implant Sciences Corp. - Explosives Trace Detection Assets includes worldwide rights to the QS-B220 desktop and the QS-H150 handheld ETD systems as well as all other product and technology assets of Implant Sciences.	Buy	$118M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2016-10-10

Implant Sciences - Explosives Trace Detection Assets

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Implant Sciences Corp. - Explosives Trace Detection Assets includes worldwide rights to the QS-B220 desktop and the QS-H150 handheld ETD systems as well as all other product and technology assets of Implant Sciences.

Buy

$118M

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