Italy, June 3 -- Accenture has agreed to acquire the Integrated Product Support (IPS) business of SIPAL in Italy. The acquisition will strengthen Accenture's engineering capabilities for Italian and European aerospace and defense clients.SIPAL's Italian IPS business provides engineering services to ensure the operational availability of complex products and systems, such as aerial and land vehicles or naval vessels, throughout their entire life cycle. It serves major aerospace and defense organizations and is involved in several national and European defense programs. The part of SIPAL's business that Accenture intends to acquire also provides services in product engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing support and training. It is...