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September 4, 2026
Industry Week in Review - September 4, 2026

M&A Transactions

Arxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARXS), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, L.P., has acquired Schatz Bearing Corp., a provider of bearings for aerospace, machine tools, automation and robotics, and other end markets, and StratEdge Corp., a provider of hermetic, high-frequency, and high-power ceramic packages, primarily for mission-critical defense and space end markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX: BBD.B) has agreed to acquire MHI Canada Aerospace, Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (TYO: 7011), a provider of major structural assembly, wing-to-fuselage pre-fit, systems installation and testing, tooling, sustaining engineering, configuration management, and aftermarket support. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Canopy Aerospace & Defense, a portfolio company of Trive Capital Holdings, LLC, has acquired Aviotec S.r.l., a provider of design, manufacturing, integration, and testing of thermal-control hardware and electrical harnesses for satellites, spacecraft, defense, and cryogenic end markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Communication Power Companies, a portfolio company of Addison Capital Partners, has acquired GeoSync Microwave, Inc., a provider of low-noise amplifiers, block converters, converter modules, RF switching circuits, equalizers, synthesizers, filters, and related custom RF circuitry serving SATCOM, electronic warfare, airborne, and shipborne communications end markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

FDH Electronics, LLC, a subsidiary of Fastener Distribution Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, has acquired Peerless Electronics, Inc., a provider of value-added electromechanical and electronic components for private sector and U.S. federal government aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and transportation markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Tekever S.A. has acquired Flowcopter Ltd., a provider of hybrid, heavy-lift unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for private sector and international government aerospace and defense markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Valence Surface Technologies LLC, a portfolio company of ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, has acquired Cametoid Technologies Inc., a provider of ion vapor deposition (IVD) surface treatment for private sector and U.S. federal government aerospace and defense markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

VSE Corporation (NASDAQ: VSEC) has acquired Atech Turbine Components, Inc., a provider of specialized Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (“MRO”) solutions focused on complex hot-section components for aircraft turbine engines. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Xpect Solutions, Inc., a portfolio company of NewSpring Capital, has acquired Amivero, a provider of artificial intelligence, automation, fraud and intelligence operations, digital identity, data and analytics, and agile software development capabilities to U.S. homeland security agencies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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