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Huntington Ingalls Completes Acquisition Of Fulcrum IT Services

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, February 25th, 2019

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Huntington Ingalls Completes Acquisition Of Fulcrum IT Services

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

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Monday said it closed its acquisition of Fulcrum IT Services, adding expertise in cyber security, C5ISR, intelligence operations, software development and data analytics. Terms of the deal, which was first announced last month, were not disclosed. Fulcrum, which has about 400 employees, is now part of HII’s Technical Solutions segment. Fulcrum will broaden HII’s Technical Solutions business in the intelligence and special operations communities. The Northern Virginia based company also adds new defense and federal…

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