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QinetiQ Moves Into Australian Defense Market Through Two Acquisitions

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Friday, January 4th, 2008

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Britain's QinetiQ this week said it has agreed to acquire two Australian defence consulting firms for $17.7 million in cash, marking the company's first investment in that country as part of its growth plans in Europe, the Middle East and Australasia. QinetiQ is acquiring Ball Solutions Group, a subsidiary of United States-based Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. [BLL], for $10.5 million in cash. Ball Solutions has three core business areas--business systems and applications, data acquisition and management, and operations research…

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