Arlington Capital Partners

SpaceX IPO and Artemis II fuel aerospace momentum, boosting middle-market M&A and investor appetite.

As global conflicts strain munitions supplies, private equity firms are turning from prime contractors toward the mid‑tier manufacturers and service providers powering the defense industrial base.

Arlington is betting on government-services businesses even as PE buyers grapple with slower deal flow, political spending cuts, and a shifting landscape that has turned a once-defensive sector into a complex test of strategy and scale.