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Argon ST, Inc. Explores Strategic Alternatives
FAIRFAX, Va., January 12, 2010 — Argon ST, Inc. (NASDAQ: STST), a leading systems engineering, development and services company providing full-service C5ISR (command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) systems and services to a wide range of defense and intelligence customers, today announced that the Company is considering strategic alternatives, including acquisitions, mergers, sale of the Company or other transactions. In this regard, the Company has retained Stone Key Partners of Greenwich, CT. The Company's Board of Directors may also determine that none of these alternatives are appropriate at this time. The Company does not intend to disclose developments regarding the consideration of strategic alternatives unless and until the Company's Board of Directors has approved a specific transaction.
About Argon ST, Inc.
Argon ST, Inc. designs, develops, and produces systems and sensors for the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) markets including SIGINT (Signals Intelligence), ESM (Electronic Support Measures), EW (Electronic Warfare), IO (Information Operations), imaging, and acoustic systems serving domestic and international markets.
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