SANTA BARBARA, California — Fresh off its purchase of geospatial intelligence firm OGSystems in January, Parsons is searching for more companies to buy that would further expand its presence in space, among other industries. Executives at Parsons, speaking during the company’s first earnings call since completing its $534 million initial public offering in May, said merger and acquisition moves are a near-term focus. “We are targeting our capital deployment in the area of M&A in the near future of companies that meet our acquisition criteria: high margin, high-growth companies with great [intellectual property] in our focus markets of cyber, intel, space, defense and critical infrastructure and smart cities,” Chuck Harrington, Parsons’ chairman and CEO, said during the call June 18. Parsons’ $292 million OGSystems purchase marked its foray into geospatial intelligence , and is part of the company’s growing interest in space. During the quarter, which ended March 31, Parsons re
