Airbus sells off Defense Electronics business

Posted on 8 Mar 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

European defense and aerospace company, Airbus Group has this week announced that it has finalized the sale of its Defense Electronics subsidiary.

Defense Electronics produced high-tech systems and sensors for use in a number of military applications. Based in Germany, but with offices around the world, the subsidiary had a workforce of more than 4000 people. The subsidiary itself is slated to be sold to US-based private equity firm, KKR for a sum of approximately $1.1bn. Airbus…

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