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Centauri Acquires Kord Technologies

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

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Centauri Acquires Kord Technologies

Kord Technologies is the Army's prime contractor for the Maneuver Short Range Air Defense Directed Energy initiative. Army photo.

Government technology solutions provider Centauri on Tuesday said it has acquired Kord Technologies, Inc., strengthening its capabilities in the defense market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Centauri, which is based in Northern Virginia, now has about 1,500 employees following the acquisition of Alabama-based Kord, which brought around 250 employees as part of the deal. Centauri is the brand given the company earlier this year following the acquisitions of Xebec Global and Dependable Global Solutions by Integrity Applications Inc.…

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