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Appendix 5B. Major arms industry acquisitions, 2010
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Acquisitions by companies based in OECD countries
III. Acquisitions by companies based in non-OECD countries
Table 5B.1. Major acquisitions in the OECD arms industries, 2010
Appendix 5B gives details of the major mergers and acquisitions in the arms industry, both OECD an non-OECD, in 2009 [PDF].
Summary
While there were no acquisitions of arms-producing companies worth over $1 billion in 2009, there were three in 2010.
The largest acquisitions in the OECD arms industry, 2010
| Buyer company |
Acquired company |
Deal value ($ m.) |
|---|---|---|
| Babcock | VT Group | 2 000 |
| Cerberus Capital Management | DynCorp | 1 500 |
| Triumph Group | Vought Aircraft | 1 440 |
Vincent Boulanin (France) is a Visiting Research Fellow with the SIPRI Arms Production Programme and is pursuing a PhD in political studies at l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris.
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