Motorola Solutions Closes Airbus DS Communications Business Purchase

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has wrapped up the purchase of the Airbus DS Communications business from Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment.

Chicago-based Motorola said Wednesday it made the acquisition to expand its portfolio of command center and software enterprise platforms.

Airbus DS Communications offers the VESTA emergency call-handling software designed to support text-to-911 service, data management, analytics and mapping functions.

Motorola first announced the transaction in July 2017 and terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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