Add-on Acquisition • Defense

Pacific Defense Acquires Spear Research

On November 5, 2020, Pacific Defense acquired defense company Spear Research

Acquisition Context

This is Pacific Defense’s 1st transaction in the Defense sector.
This is Pacific Defense’s 1st transaction in the United States.
This is Pacific Defense’s 1st transaction in New Hampshire.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	November 5, 2020
Target	Spear Research
Sector	Defense
Buyer(s)	Pacific Defense
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Spear Research

Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

Spear Research is a small business that performs engineering research and development for U.S. government customers. Spear Research performs research and development to innovate in areas that traditional defense contractors may consider higher-risk or unrelated to their product roadmaps. Spear Research was founded in 2015 and is based in Nashua, New Hampshire.

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Buyer

Pacific Defense

El Segundo, California, United States

Category	Company
Sector	Electronics

DESCRIPTION

Pacific Defense is a defense electronics platform. The platform consists of two products Spectranetix and Perceptronics. Products are designed from the outset for modern, AI-driven autonomy and CMOSS and SOSA-aligned hardware and software solutions. This includes state-of-the-art processing that can readily follow the evolution of commercial technology with complete data sharing across networks and platforms. Pacific Defense is based in El Segundo, California.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	1 of 1
Sector: Defense	1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition	1 of 1
State: New Hampshire	1 of 1
Country: United States	1 of 1
Year: 2020	1 of 1

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