DOJ Sues Booz Allen to Stop Deal for Defense Firm EverWatch (3)

The Department of Justice sued to block Booz Allen Hamilton from acquiring defense firm EverWatch, citing concerns that the deal would harm competition for federal intelligence contracts.

The deal, if completed, would violate federal antitrust law and hurt competition in the market for the National Security Agency’s contracts for modeling and simulations services for signal intelligence, the DOJ’s Antitrust Division said in the complaint filed Wednesday against the companies in the US District Court for the District of Maryland.

“The merger must be blocked in order to restore the competition that NSA—and the Americans that it defends—rely on for innovative ...