Arlington Capital Partners LLC-owned BlueHalo made its second mergers & acquisition move of the year Monday, purchasing San Diego-based counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) firm Citadel Defense Co.
Terms of the purchase weren’t disclosed, but the deal marks another acquisitive move for the Arlington-based technology and engineering contractor, which bought space electronic systems designer Design and Development Engineering Services Corp. (DDES) in July.
BlueHalo specializes in a range of defense industries, including space operations; directed energy applications; air & missile defense; Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and others.
The addition of Citadel provides the company with a specialized capability that has become more integral to the modern battlefield, counter-drone operations. The San Diego company leverages emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to automate…
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