M&A Deal Summary

Thales Acquires Cobham Aerospace Communications

On April 2, 2024, Thales acquired aerospace company Cobham Aerospace Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Thales’ 4th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is Thales’ 5th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-04-02
Target Cobham Aerospace Communications
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) Thales
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cobham Aerospace Communications

Rungis Cedex, France
Cobham Aerospace Communications design, produce, and support aircraft avionics systems at the cutting edge of technological development. Every product combines high performance, ease of use, and reliability, with an optimized footprint (dimensions, weight, wiring required, energy consumption, drag). Cobham Aerospace Communications was founded in 1923 and is based in Rungis Cedex, France.

Search 214,238 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try Free

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Thales

Meudon, France

Category Company
Founded 1893
Sector Safety/Security
Employees78,189
Revenue 20.6B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to a Thales facility in Irvine, California.
Entrance to a Thales facility in Irvine, California.

Thales is a provider of integrated solutions and equipment for security systems primarily to the aerospace and defense markets. Thales was founded in 1893 and is based in Meudon, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 21
Sector: Aerospace M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 13 of 13
Country: France M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-07-25 Imperva

San Mateo, California, United States

Imperva is a provider of data and application security solutions that protect business-critical information in the cloud and on-premises. pioneering the third pillar of enterprise security fills the gaps in endpoint and network security by directly protecting high-value applications and data assets in physical and virtual data centers. With an integrated security platform built specifically for modern threats, Imperva data center security provides the visibility and control needed to neutralize attack, theft, and fraud from inside and outside the organization, mitigate risk, and streamline compliance. Imperva was formed in 2002 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Buy $3.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-01 AI Redefined

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

AI Redefined (AIR) seeks to leverage the advent of AI to benefit humankind through human-AI collaboration. The company is on a mission to enable humans and AI to trust and continuously learn from each other via Comment, its dynamic human-AI orchestration platform. AI Redefined was formed in 2017 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.

Sell -