Boeing to acquire eXMeritus - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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which sells secure hardware and softwarw to the government and lawenforcemenrt organizations, for an undisclosed sum. Executive s at Boeing (NYSE: BA) say the purchasde will help extend its abilitu to serve the federalk cyber security andintelligence markets. “The addition of eXMeritues to our team is a strong enhancement to the Boeingg capabilities developed through years of experience on securr networks for some of the most complezx systems in nationalsecurity today,” said Boeing Integratedd Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Albaugh. Fairfax-basede eXMeritus is the fourth company that Boeing will add toits security- and intelligence-related lines of business since 2008.
Last year Boeingy acquired Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receiver Technology, Herndon, Va.-baserd Ravenwing and D.C.-based . eXMeritus, founde d in 2000, will add fewer than 30 employeeato Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems’ Networik and Space Systems unit. The company’ws products are certified and accredited bythe U.S. governmenty to operate on the government’s trusted Boeing said the transaction, expected to close by the end of won’t affect Boeing’s financial guidance. Boeing’s Integrater Defense Systems unit, headquartered in St.
Louis, is a $32 billiohn business with 70,000 employees