M&A Deal Summary

NSG Acquires UP42

On December 3, 2024, NSG acquired aerospace company UP42 from Airbus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NSG’s 1st transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is NSG’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-12-03
Target UP42
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) NSG
Sellers(s) Airbus
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

UP42

Berlin, Germany
UP42 is a next-generation Earth observation platform that simplifies how organizations order, access, and analyze Earth observation (EO) data. UP42 is based in Berlin, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NSG

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Category Company
Sector Aerospace
DESCRIPTION

NSG is a global space and satellite services company offering a broad portfolio of space services including satellite broadband communications, in-flight connectivity, earth observation and remote sensing, geospatial analysis, satellite navigation and IoT, and an active investor in space technology. NSG is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Aerospace M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-09 Display Interactive

Montrouge, France

Display Interactive develops and provides digital solutions for the aviation industry, specialising in in‑flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) platforms. Display Interactive is based in Montrouge, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Airbus

Leiden, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Aerospace
Employees157,935
Revenue 69.2B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Airbus office in Herndon, Virginia.
Airbus office in Herndon, Virginia.

Airbus is a designer and manufacturer of commercial aircraft. Airbus' product line ranges from the single-aisle A320 Family to the double-deck A380. Airbus was founded in 1998 and is based in Leiden, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Aerospace M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 6 of 6
Country: Germany M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-22 Aubert & Duval

Paris, France

Aubert & Duval designs and develops advanced metallurgical solutions in the form of long products and parts for the most demanding sectors: aerospace, defense, energy, motorsports, and medical industries. Its core activity is developing, melting, and hot processing (open and closed-die forging and rolling, casting or powder metallurgy) special steels, superalloys, aluminum alloys, and titanium alloys which need to meet our clients’ stronger specifications. Aubert & Duval was formed in 1907 and is based in Paris, France.

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