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MDA Space Canada

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Brampton, Ontario, United States
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MDA intends to place the Radarsat-2 follow-on into an inclined orbit to offer customers imagery of sites at different times of the day.

Mentioned as: mdaTechnical ProductSep 27, 2021MDA highlights speedy tasking, broad coverage of Radarsat-2 follow-on

MDA Ltd. was awarded the contract by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation to provide a Laser Rangefinder (LRF) altimeter for JAXA's MMX mission.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative GeneralSep 14, 2021JAXA Awards MMX Mission Flight Units Contract To MDA

Northrop Grumman won a $155,000,000 contract from MDA to develop a second HBTSS satellite.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2021The Pentagon’s hyperfocus on hypersonic missile threat

L3Harris won a $121,000,000 contract from MDA in January to produce a medium-field-of-view sensor satellite for the HBTSS program.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2021The Pentagon’s hyperfocus on hypersonic missile threat

L3Harris and Northrop Grumman are required to deliver satellites to MDA by 2023.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2021The Pentagon’s hyperfocus on hypersonic missile threat

The Government of Quebec will invest 400 million Canadian dollars in Lightspeed and MDA to build the network’s phased array antennas.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2021Ontario’s government invests in Lightspeed constellation

MDA’s cubesats were two of seven government and commercial payloads launched 2021-06-30 on Virgin Orbit’s second operational mission.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative GeneralJul 12, 2021Missile Defense Agency confirms deployment of cubesats launched by Virgin Orbit

MDA’s HBTSS funding will support two contractor teams working on competing payloads and associated ground systems intended for launch to low orbit in fiscal year 2023.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative PlanMay 30, 2021DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

MDA is requesting $32,000,000 in 2022 for the Spacebased Kill Assessment (SKA) project, which uses a network of infrared sensors hosted on commercial satellites to assess the performance of MDA’s interceptors.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipMay 30, 2021DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

Two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) missiles-tracking satellites launched by MDA in 2009 will be taken out of service.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative PlanMay 30, 2021DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

Quebec’s provincial government will invest 400 million Canadian dollars in Lightspeed and Canadian space hardware maker MDA to build the network’s phased array antennas.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2021Telesat raising $500 million in debt for Lightspeed broadband network

Analog Devices, Inc. is collaborating with MDA to deliver a beam forming integrated circuit for MDA’s phased array antenna for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation.

Mentioned as: MDAOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2021Analog Devices and MDA Collaborate to Provide Electronic Beam Forming Technology for the Telesat Lightspeed Constellation, Enhancing Global Connectivity

MDA projects overall company revenue growing from $411,000,000 in 2020 to $800–900 million in 2022 and to more than $1,500,000,000 in 2025.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaTechnical ProductMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public

MDA will use the remainder of the IPO proceeds to invest in new projects, including a new SAR satellite called SARnext to replace the existing Radarsat-2 spacecraft.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaTechnical ProductMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public

MDA Ltd. filed paperwork on 2021-03-22 to pursue an initial public offering of stock to raise funding to pay down debt and invest in new projects.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaTechnical ProductMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public

MDA became an independent company when its sale to an investor group led by Northern Private Capital, announced in December 2019, closed.

Mentioned as: mdaNarrative FinancialMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public

MDA is supplying electronic warfare suits for Canadian naval vessels under a contract worth up to $1,500,000,000.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public

MDA projects that SARnext will generate $2,000,000,000 in revenues over 15 years.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public

MDA’s geointelligence business unit is projected to grow from $179,000,000 in revenue in 2020 to $565,000,000 in 2025.

Mentioned as: mdaNarrative FinancialMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public

MDA identified supplying antenna systems for Telesat’s Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband constellation as a flagship program that will generate $800,000,000 in revenue over several years.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipMar 23, 2021MDA files to go public
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