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TransDigm Group Incorporated

TransDigm designs, produces and supplies highly engineered aircraft components for nearly all commercial and military aircraft worldwide. ↗

HeadquartersCleveland, OH ↗
LeadershipMichael Lisman, President and CEO ↗
Employees16,500 ↗
Revenue$8.8 billion (fiscal 2025) ↗
OwnershipPublic (NYSE: TDG) ↗
SharesTDG ↗

Products

  • TransDigm makes mechanical and electromechanical actuators and controls. ↗
  • TransDigm makes ignition systems and engine technology. ↗
  • TransDigm makes engineered latching and locking devices. ↗
  • TransDigm makes cockpit security components and systems. ↗
  • TransDigm makes seat belts and safety restraints. ↗
  • TransDigm makes parachutes. ↗
  • TransDigm makes high performance hoists, winches and lifting devices. ↗
  • TransDigm makes cargo loading, handling and delivery systems. ↗

Customers

  • Boeing and Airbus are customers of TransDigm. ↗
  • TransDigm sells to the Defense Logistics Agency, mostly through low-quantity, low-value purchase orders. ↗
  • Military buying agencies and repair depots are primary customers of TransDigm's Power & Control and Airframe segments. ↗

Deals since 2020

Jul 202627

TransDigm Group agrees to buy Prince & Izant

Seller: Industrial Growth Partners

Designer and manufacturer of highly engineered brazing alloys and specialty metal components, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

components and materialspropulsionSource
$1.07 billionPending
Jan 202613

TransDigm Group buys Jet Parts Engineering and Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings

Seller: Vance Street Capital

Designers and manufacturers of aerospace aftermarket parts, primarily proprietary parts manufacturer approval (PMA) components; nearly all sales are derived from the commercial aftermarket.

MRO and sustainmentcomponents and materialsSource
$2.2 billionClosed Apr 7, 2026
Dec 202530

TransDigm Group's deal for Stellant Systems is called off

Seller: Arlington Capital Partners

Designer and manufacturer of high-power electronic components and subsystems serving the aerospace and defense end market.

C4ISR and electronicsEW and sensorscomponents and materialsSource
$960 millionCalled off
Jun 202530

Collins Aerospace sells Simmonds Precision Products to TransDigm Group

Buyer: TransDigm Group

Designs and manufactures fuel and proximity sensing and structural health monitoring solutions for the aerospace and defense end markets.

EW and sensorscomponents and materialsSource
$765 millionClosed Oct 6, 2025
May 202518

TransDigm Group buys Servotronics

Designs and manufactures servo controls and other advanced technology components for aerospace and defense applications.

components and materialsSource
$133 millionClosed Jul 1, 2025
May 202430

TransDigm Group sells Calspan hypersonics and test systems business units to Cerberus Capital Management

Buyer: Cerberus Capital Management

Hypersonic and defense test systems, now operating as North Wind, a supplier of hypersonic and RDT&E systems and services.

munitions and missilesSource
UndisclosedClosed May 30, 2024
May 202424

TransDigm Group buys Raptor Scientific

Manufactures complex test and measurement solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense end markets.

components and materialsSource
$655 millionClosed Jul 31, 2024
Nov 202309

TransDigm Group buys CPI Electron Device Business

Seller: TJC

Manufactures electronic components and subsystems primarily serving the aerospace and defense market.

C4ISR and electronicsEW and sensorscomponents and materialsSource
$1.39 billionClosed Jun 6, 2024
Mar 202314

TransDigm Group buys Calspan

Independent provider of proprietary highly engineered testing and technology development services and systems primarily for the aerospace and defense industry, including a transonic wind tunnel.

$729 millionClosed May 8, 2023
Mar 202214

TransDigm Group buys DART Aerospace

Seller: Greenbriar Equity Group, L.P. and First Aviation Services

Provides highly engineered, unique helicopter mission equipment solutions that predominantly service civilian aircraft.

MRO and sustainmentcomponents and materialsSource
$359 millionClosed May 25, 2022
Apr 202112

TransDigm Group sells Technical Airborne Components to Searchlight Capital Partners

Buyer: Searchlight Capital Partners

Belgium-based business that designs and produces rods and struts for helicopters, commercial planes, military aircraft and space programs.

aerostructurescomponents and materialsspaceSource
$40 millionClosed Apr 27, 2021
Mar 202101

TransDigm Group sells ScioTeq and TREALITY Simulation Visual Systems to OpenGate Capital

Buyer: OpenGate Capital

Develop and manufacture advanced visualization solutions primarily for the global defense, air traffic control, and security end markets.

C4ISR and electronicstraining and simulationSource
$200 millionClosed Jun 30, 2021
Jan 202129

TransDigm Group sells Racal Acoustics to Invisio Communications AB

Buyer: Invisio Communications AB

Business TransDigm acquired in March 2019 as part of Esterline; it sat in TransDigm's Non-aviation segment.

$20 millionClosed Jan 29, 2021
Nov 202024

TransDigm Group buys Cobham Aero Connectivity

Seller: Cobham · Backed by Advent International

Provider of highly engineered antennas and radios for the aerospace end market.

C4ISR and electronicsSource
$945 millionClosed Jan 5, 2021
Nov 202017

TransDigm Group sells Avista to Belcan

Buyer: Belcan · Backed by AE Industrial Partners

Business TransDigm acquired in March 2019 as part of Esterline; it sat in TransDigm's Airframe segment.

$8 millionClosed Nov 17, 2020

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