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Business/Financial

Serco Closes Deal For Alion’s Ship Design Unit, Doubling Size Of Navy Work

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

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Serco Closes Deal For Alion’s Ship Design Unit, Doubling Size Of Navy Work

Serco, Inc. Chairman and CEO Dave Daquino. Photo: Serco, Inc.

Serco, Inc. on Thursday said it has completed its $225 million acquisition of Alion Science & Technology Corp.’s Naval business unit, a deal that adds about $336 million in annual sales, doubling the size of Serco’s business with the Navy. Serco, Inc., the U.S-based business of Britain’s Serco Group plc, said the acquisition of the Naval Systems Business Unit (NSBU) gives it new capabilities in naval architecture, marine, structural and systems engineering, program management, production support, fleet readiness, and operational…

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