Smartronix yesterday said it has acquired the Telemetry and Data Systems business unit of the aerospace engineering and information technology services company Wyle.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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“This acquisition creates some exciting new opportunities to strategically springboard into expanding markets in manned and unmanned aerospace,” Steven Eastburg, executive vice president of Engineering Solutions at Smartronix, said in a statement. “These are markets that have key business appeal to Smartronix and fortuitously promote the innovation and diversification objectives of the region’s Southern Maryland 2020 vision.
Like Smartronix, the Telemetry and Data Systems unit is based in Maryland. The unit produces telemetry data processing equipment and has delivered solutions for a diverse range of systems, including the F-35 fighter, the Space Shuttle, F-15, F-16 and F-18 fighters and the Hubble Space Telescope.