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The Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit federally funded research and development center that provides objective technical analyses and assessments for space programs, working with the U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. ↗

Founded1960 ↗
LeadershipTanya Pemberton, President and CEO ↗
Employeesover 4,800 ↗
Department of War obligations$5.6 billion in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗
OwnershipNonprofit ↗
Websiteaerospace.org ↗

Customers

  • The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office are Aerospace's primary customers. ↗
  • Aerospace also performs work for civil agencies. ↗

Deals since 2020

Apr 202502

Leggett & Platt sells Aerospace Products Group to Affiliated funds managed by Tinicum

Buyer: Affiliated funds managed by Tinicum

a supplier of complex, highly engineered tube and duct assemblies for use primarily in commercial and military aircraft platforms and space launch vehicles

components and materialsspaceSource
$285 millionClosed Aug 29, 2025
Dec 2023 

Hexcel sells Aerospace Composites Malaysia to Boeing

Buyer: Boeing

Malaysian joint venture that manufactures composite structures for Commercial Aerospace applications; Hexcel held 50%.

aerostructurescomponents and materialsSource
$45 millionClosed Dec 2023
Aug 202028

TCFIII Spaceco Holdings buys Aerospace Engineering

Backed by Trive Capital

Founding business of Karman Space and Defense; combined with AMRO as a supplier focused on manufacturing complex systems for the space and missile markets

spacemunitions and missilesSource
UndisclosedClosed Aug 28, 2020

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