Member of McDonnell family sues Boeing over UAV patents

The son of Sanford McDonnell, a former chairman and ceo of McDonnell Douglas, has filed a lawsuit against Boeing and Insitu over patents for an unmanned aerial vehicle landing system.

William “Randy” McDonnell is seeking $160 million in damages. His suit lists the ScanEagle, NightEagle, Insight, GeoRanger, ScanEagle Compressed Carriage and Integrator of infringing his patents.

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