Since acquiring the company in late 2022, Trive Capital oversaw a period of aggressive expansion for the Garden Grove-based manufacturer. A central driver of this growth was the 2024 acquisition of Stack HIP, which equipped Kittyhawk with the largest high-pressure vessels in North America at its Albany, Oregon facility. These infrastructure improvements, paired with rising demand for rocket and jet engine components, allowed the company to transition from a long-standing family-owned business into a broader institutional operation.

Machine Sciences, a portfolio company backed by Viking Global, now inherits a firm that specializes in densifying casted and additively manufactured parts for high-stakes environments. Tanner Cope, a partner at Trive, credited the company’s technical expertise and quality execution for its outsized market performance. Kittyhawk President and CEO Brandon Creason noted that the partnership successfully improved cycle efficiency and broadened the customer base while maintaining the firm's legacy performance standards. Financial advisory for the transaction was provided by KAL Capital, with legal counsel from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.