Maintaining its aggressive pace of acquisitions, KEYW Corp. [KEYW] has agreed to acquire Everest Technology Solutions, Inc., a provider of cyber security and other information technology (IT) services to the intelligence community. KEYW is paying $28 million in cash and $2 million in its stock for Everest, which is based in Northern Virginia. Everest has $15.1 million in sales through the first nine months of 2010 and expects to generate between $25 million and $28 million in sales next year. Everest has core capabilities in cyber security, geo-spatial intelligence, and cloud computing and mission support. KEYW says the acquisition, which is expected to close this month, adds breadth and depth to its customers and capabilities. Everest has a “substantial” presence with the National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency, expanding KEYW’s footprint there, and has contracts with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Departments of Defense and Justice, Ed Jaehne, KEYW’s chief strategy officer, tells TR2. Through the first nine months of this year Maryland-based KEYW has nearly $78 million in sales and net income of $9.7 million. Everest has 110 employees, with 105 having top secret security clearances. The deal will be KEYW’s ninth acquisition since its founding in 2008 and fourth this year. Everest’s financial advisor on the deal is Bluestone Capital Partners.