Special Aerospace Services acquires Willbrook Solutions

WASHINGTON — Just two weeks after announcing a partnership with SAS, Godspeed Capital Management announced the acquisition of Willbrook Solutions by SAS.

The transaction marks the first addition to the growing Special Aerospace Services platform, expanding its capabilities in the missile defense industry.

Godspeed is a lower middle market defense & government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm.

“On behalf of our dedicated and experienced employees at Willbrook, we are excited to become part of the larger strategically positioned SAS platform,” said Willbrook President Kendell Phillips. “We look forward to leveraging our strong engineering, analytical capabilities and expertise across critical missile defense programs while supporting strategic customers and pursuing organic growth opportunities in conjunction with SAS.”

Huntsville-based Willbrook Solutions was founded in 2006 by Kendell and Bonita Phillips. The company has expertise across several Missile Defense Agency programs including Ground and Space-based Missile Defense, Offensive and Defensive Missile Systems Analysis, Modeling and Simulation, and Data Analysis.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with the talented and experienced team at Willbrook and look forward to leveraging their strategic relationships and capabilities in the missile defense market and community to add significant breadth and depth to the SAS platform and portfolio,” said Heather Bulk, CEO of SAS. “We look forward to working closely with Willbrook’s senior leadership team to further expand our relationship with the MDA and other key customers.”

SAS provides spaceflight engineering and hardware with facilities in Huntsville and Colorado. SAS offers a full-cycle solution portfolio that includes tactical engineering support in Spaceflight Safety, propulsion, avionics, systems, safety, and launch site integration, as well as rapid prototyping, manufacturing, and procurement of mission-critical aerospace hardware systems.

“Godspeed has significant expertise building and scaling technology solutions-focused platforms serving commercial as well as Intelligence and Defense customer,” said Doug Lake, founder & managing partner at Godspeed. “With CEO Heather Bulk at the helm of SAS alongside a deeply experienced leadership team including Warren Kohm as our new CFO, we are confident in the platform’s ability to become the premier provider of high-end space, missile defense, and communications technology solutions for the commercial space and defense markets.”