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BlueHalo To Acquire Defense Technology Firm Intelligent Automation

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

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BlueHalo To Acquire Defense Technology Firm Intelligent Automation

Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHalo. Photo: BlueHalo

BlueHalo on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI), a small research and development (R&D) company serving defense and federal civilian government customers and contractors. Terms of the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, were not disclosed. IAI has expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), cybersecurity, hypersonics, space, 5G, data analytics, modeling and simulation, and radio frequency and communications. IAI, which is based in Rockville, Md., does R&D and provides products and services…

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