
TransDigm Group [TDG] last Thursday said it has agreed to acquire the Electron Device business of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) for $1.4 billion in a deal that adds proprietary components used in aerospace and defense products. TransDigm said the Electron Devices business generates about 70 percent of its $300 million in annual sales from the aftermarket. “This business fits well with our long-standing strategy,” Kevin Stein, TransDigm’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “The vast majority of the…