AE Industrial Partners has purchased a majority stake in analytics and artificial intelligence platforms provider NuWave Solutions for an undisclosed sum and announced the addition of industry veterans Reggie Brothers and Michael Buscher to NuWave’s leadership team.

Peter Cannito, an operating partner of investment company AE Industrial Partners, has been appointed chairman and CEO of space technology developer Redwire.

AE Industrial Partners has acquired machine parts and specialty hardware manufacturer G.S. Precision for an undisclosed sum in a move to leverage the latter’s expertise in producing components for the aerospace and defense industries.

AE Industrial Partners has acquired Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company PCI as part of the former’s continued push to expand its footprint in the defense, government, intelligence and national security sectors.

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Reggie Brothers joined NuWave Solutions as CEO when investment firm AE Industrial Partners acquired majority ownership of the McLean, Va.-based government technology services provider last month. Brothers, a former Department of Homeland Security official and Peraton executive, shared with GovCon Wire what attracted him to NuWave.

AE Industrial Partners-backed Redwire has acquired Made In Space, which focuses on manufacturing on-orbit systems, for an undisclosed sum as part of technology portfolio expansion push.

Affiliated Engineers SE, BRPH Architects Engineers and Nelson Engineering have landed spots on a five-year,  $150M contract to build, rehabilitate or update mechanical systems for NASA.

AE Industrial Partners has purchased space components and payloads provider Deep Space Systems for an undisclosed sum. AEI said Monday it will merge DSS with spacecraft components manufacturer Adcole Maryland Aerospace, which was acquired in March, to establish Redwire, a space technology platform that will focus on building mission-critical systems and electronics for next-generation space architecture.