Boeing to acquire eXMeritus - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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which sells secure hardward and software to the government and lawenforcement organizations, for an undiscloseds sum. Executives at Boeing BA) say the purchase will help extend its abilityh to serve the federal cyber security andintelligencs markets. “The addition of eXMeritus to our team is a strony enhancement to the Boeing capabilities developed througj years of experience on secure networksw for some of the most comple x systems in nationalsecurity today,” said Boeiny Integrated Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Fairfax-based eXMeritus is the fourth compang that Boeing will add to its security- and intelligence-related lines of businessx since 2008.
Last year Boeing acquirecd Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receiver Technology, Va.-based Ravenwing and D.C.-based . founded in 2000, will add fewer than 30 employeexsto Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems’ Network and Space Systems unit. The company’as products are certified and accredited bythe U.S. government to operate on the government’zs trusted systems. Boeing said the transaction, expected to closde by the endof June, won’ft affect Boeing’s financial guidance. Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems unit, headquartered in St. Louis, is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.