Lockheed Captures a Key Piece in the UAV Market

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Calgary-based CDL Systems may be the most important defense contractor you never heard of. But Lockheed Martin sure knows CDL. In fact, as of a few days ago, Lockheed owns CDL -- and with it, Lockheed bought itself a key piece of the infrastructure that controls unmanned aerial vehicles flown by everyone from Boeing to Textron , and from AeroVironment to Northrop Grumman .

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