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Belcan Acquires TransDigm Business Unit AVISTA

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

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Belcan, LLC on Wednesday said it has acquired AVISTA, a former business unit of TransDigm Group Inc. [TDG], adding safety and mission critical software engineering services for the aerospace, defense and medical industries. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. AVISTA, which is based in Wisconsin, has about 100 employees and the majority of their sales are from aerospace and defense customers. AVISTA has capabilities in software engineering, verification and validation services, and certification. “We’re impressed with AVISTA’s highly-skilled and…

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