Boeing Completes Acquisition of CDM Technologies

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of CDM Technologies, a software engineering company that specializes in real-time transportation and logistics planning systems for the U.S. military. The transaction, announced Nov. 16, was effected through Boeing's Tapestry Solutions subsidiary.

CDM Technologies, headquartered in San Luis Obispo, Calif., will be fully integrated into Tapestry Solutions. The terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

The acquisition supports Boeing's growth strategy for logistics command and control.

Tapestry Solutions of San Diego is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing and forms the core of the Logistics Command and Control (LogC2) subdivision of Defense & Government Services, an operating division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security's Global Services & Support business unit.  

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Contact:

David Sidman

Boeing Communications

314-406-1818

[email protected]

Dorothy Land

Tapestry Solutions Communications

858-427-2945

[email protected]

SOURCE Boeing Defense, Space & Security