Sentence examples for contractor acquired from inspiring English sources
The documents were filed this week as part of a Government attempt to freeze $2.1 million held in escrow at a bank in Lancaster, Pa., the headquarters of Mr. Guerin's former company, the International Signal and Control Corporation, a military contractor acquired by Ferranti, a British company, in 1987.
In 1980 Vickers, a now-defunct British defense contractor, acquired the carmaker; one stipulation of the sale was that, although Rolls cars and jet engines were separate businesses, naming rights for Rolls cars would go to the aircraft company if Vickers sold to a foreigner.
Mr. Heinz would add nothing more on the subject nor address rumors that Boeing was seeking a merger akin to the recent move by Northrop Grumman, the No. 5 military contractor, to acquire TRW.
Evans stated that in 2004 that his fear was that an American defence contractor would acquire MES and challenge both British Aerospace and DASA.
In disaster cleanups, FEMA itself typically hires contractors, who acquire insurance as part of their bids.
A rough calculation suggests that panels covered more than 2,000 sq m on Grenfell, meaning that contractors could have acquired the fire-resistant version for less than £5,000 extra.
"At the operational and strategic level," the directive adds, intelligence positions "should be exempted from private sector performance on the basis of risk to national security, adding, "Private contractors may be acquired by foreign interests, acquire and maintain interests in foreign countries and provide support to foreign customers".
LOCKHEED MARTIN, Bethesda, Md., the military contractor, said it had acquired Soflinx Corp., San Diego, a wireless sensor company specializing in biochemical detection.
Acquired military contractor AM General for $133 million 1992; maker of U.S. Armys all-terrain Humvee vehicles created luxury-SUV market with 2.5-ton Hummer.
Contractors may already have acquired more firms than they can digest.
Zier was formerly a certified public accountant at Deloitte before helping to run the operations team at housecleaning service Exec (which has a workforce made up entirely of contractors) before it was acquired by Handybook.
