July 17, 2026
Willkie advised Trive Capital and its portfolio company Kittyhawk, Inc. on the sale of Kittyhawk to Machine Sciences, a leading aerospace component supplier and precision manufacturer.
Trive Capital recently announced that it closed its sale of Kittyhawk, a leading provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing services for mission-critical applications across the space, commercial aerospace, defense, and power generation end-markets, to Machine Sciences, a portfolio company of Viking Global Investors. Trive Capital acquired Kittyhawk in 2022 and supported Kittyhawk’s growth through organic and inorganic investments.
Trive Capital is a Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm with more than $8 billion of regulatory assets under management.
The Willkie team was led by partners Brandon McCoy and Omar Shariff, with associates Rachael Williams and Zan Khan.
Trive Capital recently announced that it closed its sale of Kittyhawk, a leading provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing services for mission-critical applications across the space, commercial aerospace, defense, and power generation end-markets, to Machine Sciences, a portfolio company of Viking Global Investors. Trive Capital acquired Kittyhawk in 2022 and supported Kittyhawk’s growth through organic and inorganic investments.
Trive Capital is a Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm with more than $8 billion of regulatory assets under management.
The Willkie team was led by partners Brandon McCoy and Omar Shariff, with associates Rachael Williams and Zan Khan.
