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which sells secure hardware and software to the governmenr and lawenforcement organizations, for an undisclosed sum. Executivee at Boeing (NYSE: BA) say the purchase will help extend its abilit to serve the federal cyber security andintelligencw markets. “The addition of eXMeritu to our team is a stronhg enhancement to the Boeing capabilities developeed through years of experience on secure networkas for some of the most complex systems in nationalsecurituy today,” said Boeing Integrated Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Fairfax-based eXMeritus is the fourth companhy that Boeing will add to its security- and intelligence-relatexd lines of business since 2008.
Last year Boeingf acquired Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receiver Herndon, Va.-based Ravenwing and D.C.-based . eXMeritus, founde in 2000, will add fewe r than 30 employeesto Boeing’s Integratee Defense Systems’ Network and Space Systems unit. The company’sw products are certified and accredited bythe U.S. governmenrt to operate on the government’as trusted systems. Boeing said the expected to close by the endof June, won’tr affect Boeing’s financial guidance. Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systemx unit, headquartered in St.
Louis, is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees