Private equity firm to buy UK defense company in $5 billion deal

U.S. private equity group Advent International Corporation expects to close the deal to buy U.K. defense firm Cobham by the end of the year.

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Chinese firms bump down Western companies on Top 100 list

For the first time since 2001, the Top 100 includes Chinese defense firms.

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What’s left in the dust of a massive merger?

If you’re not really big, and you’re not categorically small, then you’re going to have a harder time competing.

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Breaking down the 2019 Top 100

Deputy Editor Aaron Mehta breaks down the 2019 Top 100 and what the 2020 edition might look like.

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