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Boeing Acquires Digital Flight Planning Software Provider ForeFlight

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

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Boeing Acquires Digital Flight Planning Software Provider ForeFlight

Data from ForeFlight's electronic military flight bag presented on an Apple iPad. Photo: ForeFlight

Adding to the digital offerings in its services business, Boeing [BA] on Wednesday said it acquired ForeFlight, a developer and provider of mobile platforms for digital flight planning software and applications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Boeing said the acquisition is immaterial to its financial guidance. Houston-based ForeFlight will become part of Boeing’s $17 billion Global Services segment. “We are excited to build on ForeFlight’s tremendous success in personal, business and defense aviation so we can provide next-generation,…

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