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which sells secure hardware and softwarew to the government and lawenforcement organizations, for an undisclose d sum. Executives at Boeing (NYSE: BA) say the purchaser will help extend its ability to serve the federal cyberf security andintelligence markets. “The additio n of eXMeritus to our team is a strong enhancemen t to the Boeing capabilities developed through years of experiencer on secure networks for some of the most complex systemss in nationalsecurity today,” said Boeing Integraterd Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Albaugh. Fairfax-based eXMerituzs is the fourth company that Boeing will add toits security- and intelligence-related lines of business since 2008.
Last year Boeing acquired Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receiver Technology, Herndon, Va.-based Ravenwing and D.C.-based . eXMeritus, founded in will add fewer than 30 employeesto Boeing’ds Integrated Defense Systems’ Networkj and Space Systems unit. The company’s productse are certified and accredited bythe U.S. government to operatew on the government’s trusted Boeing said the transaction, expected to closd by the end of won’t affect Boeing’s financial Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems unit, headquarterexd in St. Louis, is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.