Boeing Co. to buy Argon ST, local operations
Argon ST, which operates two plants in Fayette County, announced Wednesday it is being bought by the Boeing Co. “We’re very pleased to join the Boeing Co.,” Dr. Terry Collins, Argon ST chairman and chief executive officer, stated in a press release. “Our employee teams know each other well, and we are excited to now continue our combined support to our war fighters and first-responders as one company.”
Boeing will pay $775 million for the combat engineering company that is headquartered in Fairfax, Va. Argon ST operates a testing facility on Connellsville Road, Uniontown, and a plant in the Fayette Business Park near Smithfield. The company employs nearly 100 people at its two Fayette locations.
Argon ST Inc. designs, develops, and produces systems and sensors for the command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) markets.
Argon ST was created in October 2004 with the merger of SenSyTech Inc. and Argon Engineering Associates. The company opened its Smithfield plant in August 2003.
The Smithfield Argon ST plant referred calls to its headquarters in Fairfax, Va. However, those calls requesting information on the future of the Fayette operations were not returned Wednesday.
“The announcement is great news for Fayette County and the employees of Argon ST in Smithfield,” U.S. said U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown.