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The U.S. Defense Department and intelligence community are its customers, and the Navy represents about one-third of its annual revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transaction with Veritas, of New York City, is expected to close in the second half of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions. Alion, based in McLean, Virginia, would become part of Huntington Ingalls Industries\u2019 Technical Solutions division. HII, based in Newport News, Virginia, is America\u2019s largest military shipbuilder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HII said it expects Alion to contribute fiscal 2022 revenue of about $1.6 billion and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of about $135 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal follows HII\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/2021\/01\/04\/huntington-ingalls-acquires-unmanned-business-from-spatial-integrated-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\">acquisition of Spatial Integrated Systems\u2019 autonomy business<\/a> in January. 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