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Boeing Acquires UAV Developer Frontier Systems Inc.

Advanced Materials & Composites News,  May, 2004  

Tags: Boeing Co., Frontier, Hummingbird Ltd.

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May 4, 2004 - Boeing announced it has acquired Frontier Systems Inc., developer of the A-160 Hummingbird and Maverick unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Frontier's platforms and technologies add to Boeing's portfolio and capabilities in unmanned systems that include the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System X-45, ScanEagle and other concepts under development.

Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. The privately held Frontier Systems has about 70 employees and was formed in 1991. Frontier is based in Irvine, Calif., and also has operations in Victorville, Calif., for ...

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