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AEA Investors Acquires Defense Electronics Company From J.F. Lehman

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

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AEA Investors Acquires Defense Electronics Company From J.F. Lehman

API Technologies' products include integrated assemblies and subsystems. Photo: API

The private equity firm AEA Investors earlier this month acquired the defense electronics company API Technologies Corp. from the investment firm J.F. Lehman & Company, which acquired the company in 2016. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. API, which is based in Massachusetts, has about 1,700 employees, 1,800 customers worldwide in defense, aerospace, space and commercial end markets. The company supports more than 200 programs. API designs and manufactures components and subsystems for radio frequency, microwave and electromagnetic spectrum…

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