# Trive Capital acquires AEC and AMRO to form Karman Space & Defense

Trive Capital has partnered with the senior leadership of Aerospace Engineering Corp. (AEC) and AMRO Fabricating Corporation to create Karman Space & Defense, a supplier of complex systems for space, missile, and hypersonic markets.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2022-01-06
- Where: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: engine nozzles, nose cones, iso/ortho-grid body panels, titanium attachment hardware, heat shields
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [karman-sd.com](https://karman-sd.com/news/trive-capital-partners-with-aec-and-amro-to-form-karman-space-defense/), 2022-01-06: "The new platform is one of the largest independently owned suppliers focused on manufacturing complex systems for the space, missile, interceptor and hypersonic markets."

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