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November 3rd, 2011
Richmond-based Company to Build Mobile Satellite Receiving Stations

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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) latest foray into space on behalf of the Canadian military involves work on earth with the construction of two mobile satellite receiving stations that will download imagery for use in tactical mapping and civilian disaster relief. The stations go by the technical description of unclassified remote-sensing situational awareness systems, and Richmond-based MDA is designing and building them under a $31-million contract that is part of the Canadian military’s Joint Space Support Project, Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence announced Wednesday. Read More