# AMRO, AEC and AAE form Karman Space & Defense with Trive Capital

AMRO Fabricating Corporation, Aerospace Engineering Corp. and AAE Aerospace have partnered with private equity firm Trive Capital to form Karman Space & Defense, a new platform for manufacturing complex systems for space, missile and hypersonic markets.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-02-07
- Where: South El Monte, California, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: large lightweight metallic structures, flight hardware, assemblies for space and missile markets
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Trive Capital](https://endata.com/companies/5432.md) (investor)
- [AMRO Fabricating Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/43229.md) (target)
- [Aerospace Engineering Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/52808.md) (target)
- [AAE Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/53086.md) (target)
- [Karman Space & Defense](https://endata.com/companies/53087.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [karman-sd.com](https://karman-sd.com/news/amro-partners-with-trive-capital-aae-aerospace-and-aerospace-engineering-corporation-forming-karman-space-defense/), 2021-02-07: "Our goal is to build the preeminent Tier 1 systems integrator to the space sector, in a historically fragmented market"
- [karman-sd.com](https://karman-sd.com/news/karman-acquires-aae-aerospace/), 2021-02-09: "The acquisition of the Company is a significant step forward for Karman, allowing us to deliver more complete subsystems bonding the mating portions of metallic and composite structures."

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