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Thursday, January 24th, 2013

MDA Wins Geospatial Project

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or “the Company”) (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a contract for US$9.5 million with an undisclosed customer. Under the initial 12-month contract, MDA will provide operational support for the customer’s geospatial data fusion and exploitation projects. The contract includes options to extend

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

MDA Awarded $706 Million Contract for Three Radar Satellites

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, today announced the signing of a $706 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency to build, launch and provide initial operations for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM). The contract is expected to extend over a period of seven years and brings MDA’s current

Thursday, December 20th, 2012

RADARSAT-2 Images Support Disaster Relief Efforts of Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines

MDA’s Information Systems group announced today that its space-based imagery is being used to assess the impact of Typhoon Bopha that struck the Mindanao region of the Philippines on December 4, 2012.http://www.asmmag.com/components/com_jce/editor/tiny_mce/plugins/article/img/readmore.png); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; word-spacing: 0px; “>MDA provided imagery acquired by the RADARSAT-2 satellite

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

MDA Strengthens Team to Increase U.S. Government Business

MDA Information Systems LLC (MDA) is pleased to announce the growth of its business development team. Leveraging its revenue growth, MDA has made an investment in four recent strategic hires to enable continued success over the coming years.

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

MDA Continues to Provide Information to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a multi-million dollar sole source delivery order under its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

MDA Expands Global Network to Include Two New RADARSAT-2 Ground Stations

MDA’s Information Systems Group (MDA) is pleased to announce two important expansions to its international network of RADARSAT-2 ground stations.

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

MDA EarthSat Expands Into Europe

US geospatial services outfit MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates EarthSat is expanding overseas and is now offering wind generation forecasts for the UK, Ireland and Germany. The company already provides hourly forecasts for ERCOT, MISO, BPA and others in North America and said it “is pleased to accommodate those with interests in European wind generation”.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

MDA Information Systems, Inc. Welcomes Principal Scientist of Human Geography

MDA Information Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce and welcome Dr. Denise D. Royle as Principal Scientist of Human Geography. Denise will be responsible for developing innovative and efficient geospatial solutions to address challenging defense and intelligence community issues. Denise joins MDA Information Systems, Inc. with nearly twenty years of expertise in analyzing and interpreting

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

MDA to Provide Radar Information to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a multi-million dollar sole source delivery order under its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. MDA will provide radar information to be used in creating ice charts and for maritime surveillance to improve the

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

MDA -RADARSAT Data for Mapping and Emergency in Russia

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced today that it has signed a contract for $2.5 million (CAD) with ScanEx Research and Development Center (ScanEx) to provide RADARSAT data information to multiple ground stations in Russia over three years. The information will be used by Russian commercial, academic, and government users for applications that include maritime

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