Montana-headquartered unmanned aviation safety solutions company uAvionix has been acquired by DC Capital Partners (DCCP). Becoming a portfolio company of DCCP will propel uAvionix forward with the means to impact the broader aerospace and defence markets.

Leveraging its core technology and avionics expertise, uAvionix has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to miniaturise and certify low size, weight and power avionics solutions across its growing portfolio of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) transponders, transceivers and receivers, command and control solutions, multi-function panel displays, autopilots and GPS products. The company has the first purpose-built network to ensure DO-377 compliance for BVLOS Command and Control and the world's smallest AIMS certified Mode 5 IFF transponder for UAVs.

uAvionix CEO Paul Beard says: “DCCP shares our passion for connecting everything that flies, especially our current general aviation and UAS avionics products. DCCP's experience in maturing young companies will help us to improve our internal operations, allowing us to expand our solutions to existing, adjacent and defence markets while enabling us to scale globally. I'm incredibly proud of how far we've come in just seven years since our founding. This next chapter with DCCP will be just as challenging, just as exciting and will propel us even further along our aerospace and defence trajectory.”

With over 30 years' experience, DCCP is a private equity investment firm with over 60 acquisitions and $1 billion in total investments. Over time, it has developed a strategic and systematic approach built on three pillars of domain expertise, market focus and strategic process to build and accelerate companies' success. Strategic advisors include senior diplomatic, intelligence and military officials.

DCCP founder and president Thomas J Campbell says: “We are extremely pleased to partner with Paul and the team. uAvionix has a history of developing and delivering disruptive technology to the manned and unmanned sectors. Its highly skilled and talented workforce continues to develop new and game-changing solutions to meet evolving requirements. We will continue to grow the company and to deliver innovative technologies and differentiated capabilities and solutions to our customers.”

uAvionix remains committed to current customers, products and strategies.