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Arlington Capital Merges Three Defense Companies Into Polaris Alpha

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 14th, 2016

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Arlington Capital Merges Three Defense Companies Into Polaris Alpha

Peter Cannito, CEO of Polaris Alpha, will be joining Parsons Federal.

The private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners on Monday said it has merged three companies that serve the defense and intelligence community markets into a new company called Polaris Alpha that provides mission-critical technology, software and solutions to its customers.Polaris Alpha, which is a portfolio company of Arlington Capital, has over 1,000 employees and is expected to have more than $250 million in sales in 2017.“Polaris will fill the void between niche players and prime contractors to deliver agile, sophisticated…

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