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Following Alion Acquisition, HII Realigns Technical Solutions Operations

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021

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Following Alion Acquisition, HII Realigns Technical Solutions Operations

Andy Green, president of Huntington Ingall Industries' Technical Solutions division. Photo: HII

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Wednesday announced new business groups at its Technical Solutions segment, which now incorporates the former Alion Science and Technology that was acquired earlier this month. Technical Solutions retains the Unmanned Systems, and Nuclear and Environmental Services groups, while realigning and renaming the former Defense and Federal Systems group as part of the new structure. The new business groups include Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), led by Garry Schwartz, who previously was in charge of Defense…

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