
AE Industrial Partners, (AEI) a private equity firm dealing in the aerospace, defense and government services markets, announced June 1 that it will form a new space-focused platform following two recent acquisitions. The firm recently acquired Deep Space Systems, formerly of Littleton, Colo., which develops integrated spacecraft, fully qualified payloads, data acquisition, embedded software and more. The company has worked on programs including the International Space Station, and the Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Airbus-driven Orion crew vehicle in development for…