Private Capital Solutions

Ventus Industrial Partners Completes Equity Placement for Aeron Defense

6736 PCS Aeron Defense - Ventus Industrial Partners NT

Private Capital Advisory Engagement Overview

Industry: Aerospace, Defense and Government Services
Area of Focus: Defense

The U.S. has made scaling the naval shipbuilding and defense supply chain a long-term strategic priority. Aeron actively supports this pursuit by providing critical components and assemblies on spec and on time while establishing a new workforce model that attracts and retains best-in-class manufacturing talent.

Harris Williams advised Ventus Industrial Partners on an equity placement for Aeron Defense. The investment allows Aeron to consolidate two blue-chip component manufacturers within the U.S. defense sub-tier supply network while providing incremental capital to execute on the company’s growth strategy.

Aeron is a newly formed platform solely focused on manufacturing mission-critical components and assemblies for a wide range of fast-growing naval and defense platforms with priority government funding. The company has over 75 years of experience serving the U.S. naval and defense supply chain.

Contact the Harris Williams Private Capital Solutions professionals and Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Group to learn more about this client engagement.

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