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AE Industrial Partners Attracts $1.3 Billion In Funding To Invest In Aerospace And National Security

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 9th, 2024

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AE Industrial Partners Attracts $1.3 Billion In Funding To Invest In Aerospace And National Security

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket lifting off in December 2023 with a Lockheed Martin payload. Photo: Firefly Aerospace

The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Tuesday said it has closed a new $1.3 billion investment fund that will primarily focus on companies with critical capabilities and technologies in the aerospace and national security sectors. AEI, which initiated the fund in 2022, has already used it to invest in existing portfolio companies but also plans to invest in additional companies and create new platform companies. AEI has invested more than 25 percent of the fund so far…

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