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BAE Acquires Signal Innovations Group

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 1st, 2014

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BAE Acquires Signal Innovations Group

Signal Innovations Group's TASS real-time tracking capability allows for tracking over the full field of view. Photo: SIG

Britain’s BAE Systems on Tuesday said it completed its acquisition of North Carolina-based Signal Innovations Group (SIG), boosting its capabilities to meet demands of the United States defense and intelligence community customers for geospatial analysis and exploitation. The deal was first announced in July. The acquisition was made by BAE’s U.S.-based arm, BAE Systems, Inc., and will become part of the Intelligence & Security business. SIG has been a supplier for BAE on various Intelligence & Security programs for full…

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