U.S defence giant Lockheed Martin has revealed that it intends to acquire the Scottish based Amor Group.

The acquisition of Amor, which provides IT services to public services as well as the energy sector, by Lockheed Martin's IT services group, would double the size of the division to 1,000 employees.

The Amor Group has seen strong revenue growth with a 27 per cent increase to £57 million in the last financial year.

The success of the purchase would create an ICT company that ranked in the top ten of providers in the UK market.

The announcement of its intentions to expand its UK ICT capabilities comes as Lockheed secures a £125 million contract with the MoJ.

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