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Parsons Acquires Cyber, Electronic Security Firm Secure Mission Solutions

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 21st, 2014

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Parsons Acquires Cyber, Electronic Security Firm Secure Mission Solutions

Parsons designed and built Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Newport, Ind. Photo: Parsons

Expanding its national security and defense work, engineering, construction and professional services company Parsons Corp. last Friday said it has acquired Secure Mission Solutions (SMS), which provides cyber and electronic security solutions to federal customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Northern Virginia-based SMS had $106 million in sales last year and has over 550 employees. SMS has domain expertise in virtualization and cloud computing, satellite communications, data center consolidation, identity management, critical infrastructure protection, high performance computing, network…

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