Houlihan Lokey Advises DZYNE Technologies

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that DZYNE Technologies Inc. has been acquired by Highlander Partners, LP. The transaction closed on January 4, 2023.

DZYNE Technologies is a high-growth technology firm focused on designing and manufacturing a variety of cutting-edge unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and various other government agencies. The company’s platforms provide advanced intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance capabilities, and specializes in the rapid design, development, and deployment of advanced unmanned systems. DZYNE Technologies integrates artificial intelligence into its operational aircraft with state-of-the-art payloads and end effects, enabling advanced full-motion video and video processing, autonomous navigation, and targeting and tracking capabilities.

Highlander Partners is a Dallas-based private investment firm with approximately $3 billion of assets under management. It invests in businesses within targeted industries where the principals of the firm have significant operating and investing experience. Highlander Partners uses a buy-and-build investment approach, creating value by helping companies grow both organically and through acquisitions.

In 2022, High Point Aerotechnologies was formed as a division of Highlander Partners to assist in civilian and military defense investments specifically related to the rapidly evolving UAS/Counter-UAS (C-UAS) sectors. Highlander Partners has quickly made significant progress with this initiative. DZYNE Technologies represents Highlander Partners’ second related acquisition and establishes its UAS platform, complementing the C-UAS platform announced in late 2022. The assembled High Point Aerotechnologies team now consists of a variety of established leaders with backgrounds in defense, government, and technology, each of whom will assist DZYNE Technologies on tactical opportunities, government relations, regulatory and legislative matters, emerging technologies, and growth initiatives.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to DZYNE Technologies. This transaction underscores the firm’s continued global leadership and expertise in the unmanned systems market.

Houlihan Lokey’s Aerospace & Defense (A&D) practice within the global Industrials Group is a leading M&A advisor to A&D companies. Since 2020, the team has closed more than 50 transactions worth over $9 billion in enterprise value. With a staff of approximately 30 investment bankers in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and London, Houlihan Lokey’s A&D practice is among the largest dedicated industry banking teams worldwide. In 2021, the Industrials Group was once again ranked as the No. 1 M&A advisor for all U.S. industrial transactions, according to Refinitiv.*

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