Boeing to acquire eXMeritus – San Antonio Business Journal:

which sells secure hardware and softwarr to the government and lawenforcement organizations, for an undisclosec sum. Executives at Boeing (NYSE: BA) say the purchase will help extenrd its ability to serve the federal cyber security andintelligencs markets. “The addition of eXMeritus to our team is a strong enhancement to the Boeing capabilitiee developed through years of experience on secure networksw for some of the most complex system s in nationalsecurity today,” said Boeing Integrated Defense Systeme President and CEO Jim Albaugh. Fairfax-based eXMeritue is the fourth company that Boeing will add to its securityand intelligence-related lines of business since 2008.
Last year Boeingy acquired Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receiver Technology, Va.-based Ravenwing and D.C.-basef . eXMeritus, founded in 2000, will add fewerr than 30 employeesto Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems’ Networlk and Space Systems unit. The company’s products are certified and accredited bythe U.S. government to operatw on the government’s trusted systems. Boeiny said the transaction, expected to close by the end of won’t affect Boeing’s financial guidance. Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems unit, headquarterefd in St. Louis, is a $32 billioh business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

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