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Huntington Ingalls Bolstering Government Services Business With Fulcrum Acquisition

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 18th, 2019

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Huntington Ingalls Bolstering Government Services Business With Fulcrum Acquisition

Fulcrum IT Services has various capabilities in C5ISR, providing expertise to the intelligence community and Defense Department globally. Image: Fulcrum IT

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Friday said it has agreed to acquire Fulcrum IT Services in a deal that will strengthen and expand its capabilities in several key areas and broaden its customer relationships, particularly with the intelligence and special operations communities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. HII expects to close the acquisition in February of Northern Virginia-based Fulcrum. Fulcrum will be part of HII’s nearly $1 billion Technical Solutions segment, led by President Andy Green, which stood…

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