National Technical Systems [NTSC], an engineering services firm to a number of industries including aerospace and defense, has acquired the engineering services firm Mechtronic Solutions, Inc. (MSI), which works mainly with the aerospace and defense industries.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
MSI specializes in design engineering and also generates sales through prototyping, short production runs and live-cycle support services for products it engineers. The New Mexico-based company has 60 employees and annual sales of $7.5 million.
MSI is currently developing several airborne sensor systems for use on manned and unmanned aircraft.
NTS said the acquisition adds product design, development and analysis capabilities while also expanding its aerospace and defense customer base.
“The addition of MSI to the NTS family significantly advances our full-service integrated engineering services capabilities and provides us with additional established customers in the aerospace and defense industries,” William McGinnis, NTS president and CEO, said in a statement. “We now offer full product life-cycle support for a broad range of our customers’ product engineering requirements, making NTS a true single-source solution.”