AURELIUS Buys Marshall Aerospace as Private Capital Bets on Defense Sustainment
AURELIUS has completed its acquisition of Marshall Aerospace from the Marshall Group, moving one of the UK’s best-known independent military sustainment and engineering businesses into private equity ownership. The deal closed on 8 October 2026. For defense primes, air forces and the mid-tier supply chain that sits between them, the change of owner matters less […]
Informa to Buy Clarion Events for GBP 2.24 Billion, Adding DSEI and IFA Berlin
What happened Informa, the London-listed events and information group, has agreed to buy Clarion Events from Blackstone for an enterprise value of about GBP 2.24 billion. Clarion is the UK-based owner of more than 100 business-to-business live event brands, and its best-known asset for the defense industry is DSEI, the biennial London exhibition where governments, […]
Airbus Completes Quarkslab Buy to Deepen European Sovereign Cyber
What happened On 1 October 2026, Airbus Defence and Space said it had finalised the acquisition of Quarkslab, a French cybersecurity company, after receiving the required regulatory approvals. The deal is framed as another step in Airbus’ strategy to deepen its role as a trusted sovereign partner for French authorities while widening its European cybersecurity […]
Avio USA Breaks Ground on Virginia Solid Rocket Motor Plant
What happened Avio USA has broken ground on its first United States manufacturing plant, an approximately 900,000-square-foot solid rocket motor facility in Hurt, Virginia. The site sits inside the Southern Virginia Multimodal Park in Pittsylvania County and is intended to produce solid rocket motors for U.S. tactical missile and munitions programs. Parent company Avio S.p.A., […]
AAR Takes Control of MRO Holdings in $4B Aftermarket Bet
AAR CORP. has agreed to buy a 65% controlling stake in MRO Holdings at an implied enterprise value of $4.0 billion. Announced on 28 September 2026, the deal locks airframe hangar volume that feeds parts, component repair, and software across AAR’s aftermarket platform. What happened AAR (NYSE: AIR), the Wood Dale, Illinois-based Parts, Repair, and […]
Rohde & Schwarz Buys NEOSAT and PHYTRONIC for Sovereign SATCOM
What happened On 23 September 2026, Munich-based Rohde & Schwarz said it has acquired Dresden deep-tech firms NEOSAT GmbH and PHYTRONIC GmbH. The move folds specialized satellite communications know-how into a group already known for secure civil and military aerospace links, test and measurement, and networks and cybersecurity. NEOSAT, founded in 2018 out of work […]
Hanwha Defense USA Plans 2.2 Billion Munitions Campus at Pine Bluff Arsenal
Hanwha Defense USA has put a hard number on its Pine Bluff Arsenal bet: roughly $2.2 billion for an Advanced Manufacturing Campus focused on 155 mm propellant charges and base bleed units, with close to 400 jobs staged over seven years. The company also opened its administration headquarters on the arsenal site, the first visible […]
GE Aerospace Frames CPP Deal as Targeted Castings Fix
GE Aerospace is putting a clear fence around its largest deal since becoming a standalone company. After agreeing to buy Consolidated Precision Products for $11.75 billion, management is telling investors the move is a surgical answer to a casting bottleneck – not a playbook for buying the broader aerospace supplier base. What happened On 8 […]
Navy Awards Boeing First MQ-25A Stingray Production Contract
The US Navy has moved the MQ-25A Stingray from development into low-rate production. On 14 September 2026 the service awarded Boeing a $562 million fixed-price incentive contract for Lot 1 Low Rate Initial Production, covering three airframes plus long-lead components for three more Lot 2 aircraft. Lot 1 deliveries are planned for 2029. The award […]
Boeing SPEEA Tentative Deal Puts Engineer Strike Risk on Pause
Boeing and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) have a tentative four-year contract on the table after the company improved its final offer and the union bargaining team recommended acceptance. For commercial and defense aerospace, the near-term question is whether roughly 17,000 professional and technical workers ratify the package before the current […]