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Arlington Capital Forms New Defense Company BlueHalo

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 29th, 2020

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Arlington Capital Forms New Defense Company BlueHalo

Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHalo. Photo: BlueHalo

The private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners on Thursday said it has formed a new defense company, BlueHalo, through the acquisition of five other defense companies. On its website, BlueHalo says it is “purpose-built” to provide capabilities in space superiority, directed energy, missile defense, C4ISR, and cyber and intelligence mission solutions. The company is led by Jonathan Moneymaker, who is also CEO of The Aegis Technologies Group, which was acquired by Arlington Capital in October 2019. Aegis Technologies provides engineering…

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