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Tuesday, October 10th, 2017

MDA Completes Acquisition of DigitalGlobe, Creates Industry Leader in Satellite Systems, Earth Imagery, Geospatial Solutions and Analytics

SAN FRANCISCO and VANCOUVER – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company providing technology solutions to commercial and government organizations worldwide, today announced it has completed its acquisition of DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe”), the global leader in high resolution Earth imagery and information about our changing planet.

Friday, August 11th, 2017

SSL to Provide Transformational Ultra High Density Satellite for Hughes Network Systems

PALO ALTO, Calif. – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that its subsidiary, Space Systems Loral (SSL) has signed a contract to provide JUPITER™ 3 a transformational Ultra High Density Satellite (UHDS) to Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) to be designated EchoStar XXIV.

Monday, July 31st, 2017

DigitalGlobe Shareowners Approve Merger with MDA

WESTMINSTER, Colo. – DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe”) (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced its preliminary results that its shareowners overwhelmingly voted to approve the Company’s proposed merger with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA”) (TSX: MDA) at a special meeting of DigitalGlobe shareowners held today. Approximately

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

MDA Announces On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Business Formation and Contract Awards for Spacecraft and First Life Extension Customer

SAN FRANCISCO – SSL MDA Holdings Inc., a global communications and information company, today announced important milestones in its progress to bring transformational on-orbit satellite servicing to market. Space Infrastructure Services LLC (SIS), a new U.S. company, will commercialize sophisticated satellite servicing capabilities, including refueling. SIS will be majority owned by Finance Technology Leverage LLC

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

MDA Announces Retirement of SSL President and New Executive Appointments

SAN FRANCISCO and VANCOUVER, B.C. – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that John Celli will be retiring as President of SSL (Space Systems Loral) after serving the company for 36 years. Dario Zamarian has been appointed Group President and Paul Estey has

Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

MDA to Provide RADARSAT-2 Information for Maritime Surveillance

Canada: MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. also known as “MDA”, has signed three contracts with Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd. that has a total approximate value of CA$2.5 million. MDA will use imaging capabilities from the RADARSAT-2 satellite to provide information on maritime surveillance and the detection of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels. This

Friday, February 24th, 2017

MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe, Creating Industry Leader in End-to-End Space Systems, Earth Imagery and Geospatial Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO and WESTMINSTER, COLO ., Feb. 24, 2017  – MacDonald , Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA”) (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company providing technology solutions to commercial and government organizations worldwide, and DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe”) (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced they have

Monday, February 6th, 2017

MDA Announces Release of NATURALVUE 2.0

Gaithersburg, MD – MDA Information Systems LLC (MDA), a provider of geospatial and advanced information solutions to government and commercial customers, announces the release of NATURALVUE® 2.0 – the only global, commercially available, cloud-free, seamless mosaic using current imagery. All the land masses of the Earth except portions of Antarctica were acquired with new Landsat

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

MDA Awarded Follow-On Contract to Support NGA with Persistent Change Detection

RICHMOND, BC — MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that it has been awarded a follow-on contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to continue providing MDA’s patented Persistent Change Monitoring (PCM™) solution that supports NGA’s Foundation GEOINT. The information provided by PCM™ allows for

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

MDA to Demonstrate Geospatial Information Solution to US Air Force Research Lab

RICHMOND, BC —  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that it has been awarded a two year contract valued at CA$7.2 million to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Full Spectrum Geospatial Intelligence (FSG) program. MDA will deliver an information solution to

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