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Jacobs Completes Acquisition Of KeyW

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

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Jacobs Completes Acquisition Of KeyW

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Jacobs [JEC] on Tuesday said has completed its $815 million acquisition of KeyW, significantly expanding its work with the intelligence community. KeyW will be aligned within Jacobs’ Aerospace, Technology and Nuclear business. When it first announced the deal in April, Jacobs said the acquisition would position it in the growing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market, and open it to the space-based remote sensing market. “This combination unites complementary capabilities, cultures and client relationships, as well as proprietary technology and products,…

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