Victanis' Blog by Chris Cradock

As is usual at this time of year, a number of key aerospace businesses reported on their situation in the third quarter of 2018 over the past two weeks. We have taken the opportunity, not to go through their numbers or even measure their performance individually, but instead (for the sake of..

This month saw the announcement of two proposed deals in the US that hold significance for the defence and aerospace supply base, especially but not confined to the US. The merger of L3 and Harris promises a $10 billion giant in defence communications and electronics, while the acquisition of ..

Structural change is an unavoidable reality for European national champions in naval shipbuilding. While the market opportunity both in Europe and in the wider world has not been as helpful for some time, longer term consolidation poses significant challenges and changes which in turn will require..

Airbus today released its ‘BREXIT – Risk Assessment’. Airbus as a company, is the most significant civil aerospace customer in the UK after Rolls Royce with 14,000 employees in the UK and supporting 110,000 jobs in the wider UK supply chain. The main part of Airbus supply chain that is fulfilled in..

Rolls Royce delivered its 2017 FY results on 7th. March, and surprised the market positively with better than expected results!

Defence relationships in the West appear to be becoming more transactional and influenced not only by shared political or cultural values and strategic alignment, but by financial and economic considerations. The future of NATO, the UK’s support to the EU in terms of defence and security and the..

Victanis has recently completed the commercial due diligence for Silverfleet Capital’s to support the fund’s investment process to acquire Sigma Components from Avingtrans Plc. The transaction was completed in May 2016 with debt provided by HSBC and Santander.