PE Firm Advent To Buy Satellite Maker Maxar For $6.4 Billion

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Credit: Maxar Technologies
Storied satellite builder and remote sensing specialist Maxar Technologies has agreed to a take-private buyout worth $6.4 billion from Advent International, a major private equity (PE) firm that has been active in aerospace and defense takeovers, along with a Canadian investment group. Without...
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