The US subsidiary of British defence giant BAE Systems has acquired Texas-based space-qualified hardware maker Eclipse Electronic Systems for US$28m.
Eclipse, which provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) products and services to…
The US subsidiary of British defence giant BAE Systems has acquired Texas-based space-qualified hardware maker Eclipse Electronic Systems for US$28m.
Eclipse, which provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) products and services to the US government, has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of aerospace and defence manufacturer Easterline since December 2010.
BAE Systems Inc said the deal aligns with its strategy to invest in advanced technologies that are critical to US national security and defence needs.
“By combining Eclipse Electronic Systems’ products with BAE Systems’ existing ISR capabilities, we will be able to support our customers’ requirements for reliable, smaller, lighter, and more power-efficient sensor solutions to capture and harness actionable intelligence,” said Tom Arseneault, chief operating officer at BAE Systems Inc.
Eclipse began operating in 1993 and currently has around 90 employees. Its products include receiver modules that convert signals into digitally encoded and processed formats, and subsystem-level hardware suites.
BAE expects to close the acquisition in Q1 2015 following regulatory approvals.
Easterline describes itself as a leading consolidator of tier 3 suppliers in aerospace and defence markets. It focuses on bolt-on acquisitions and/or technologies, and the group’s latest deal came in December 2013 when it snapped up Sunbank, a supplier of connector accessories, backshells, and conduit systems for aerospace and industrial markets.
