M&A Deal Summary

L-3 Communications Acquires Chesapeake Sciences

On January 30, 2009, L-3 Communications acquired aerospace company Chesapeake Sciences

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 8th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is L-3 Communications’ 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-01-30
Target Chesapeake Sciences
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) L-3 Communications
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Chesapeake Sciences

Millersville, Maryland, United States
Chesapeake Sciences Corp., design and manufacture electronic data acquisition systems for use in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), ship self-defense, acoustic ranges and geophysical exploration products based in Millersville, Maryland.

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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 22 of 45
Sector (Aerospace) 8 of 14
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 17 of 37
State (Maryland) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 18 of 36
Year (2009) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-05 International Resources Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

International Resources Group Ltd. is a provider of specialized management, policy and training support to U.S. government agencies and international development organizations in the areas of energy, environment and natural resource management, relief and reconstruction, and economic development.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-14 Insight Technology

Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

Insight Technology, Inc., develops and manufactures mission critical night vision and electro-optical equipment and is headquartered in Londonderry, New Hampshire.

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