Special Aerospace Services, a portfolio company of private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management, expands communications technology capabilities for NASA, Department of Defense and commercial space customers, expanding footprint in defense and space markets The company acquired Quintron Systems for an undisclosed amount. .
Godspeed said on Tuesday. dominic barryThe Quintron Systems President will join SAS as Chief Operating Officer as a result of this transaction.
Founded in 1970, quintron is a Santa Maria, Calif.-based provider of Voice over Internet protocol communications systems and other secure communications technologies for NASA and other customers in the space and defense markets.
This transaction marks the second acquisition of the new SAS platform. Released in April Facilitate the delivery of space engineering, defense and communications technologies to the U.S. defense and intelligence communities. The new platform will operate under the SAS brand.
In late April, SAS acquired defense analytics systems provider Willbrook Solutions.
“Quintron’s strong reputation for innovation and customer satisfaction complements our values, strengthens SAS’ capabilities in critical secure communications technologies, and enables us to offer an even broader range of solutions to customers in the space and defense markets. I’ll make it. ” heather bulkCEO of SAS.
Latham & Watkins acted as legal advisor to Godspeed Capital on this transaction. McLean Group acted as exclusive financial advisor to Quintron.
