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MDA’s SPIDER products for Maxar will be delivered in mid-to-late 2021 and incorporated into Maxar’s robotic system.
MDA signed multiple contracts with Maxar Technologies to provide advanced space robotics technologies for the Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robot (SPIDER) technology demonstration on NASA’s On‑orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) mission.
MDA signed multiple contracts with Maxar Technologies to provide hardware and software for the Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robot (SPIDER) technology demonstration on NASA’s OSAM-1 mission.
Maxar announced in April that it was selling MDA for $729,000,000 to a consortium of investors led by Northern Private Capital of Toronto.
MDA plans to deliver the contracted products to Maxar in mid-to-late 2021.
Under contracts announced on 2020-11-17, MDA will deliver a suite of advanced robot control software and interfaces to assist with assembly and servicing tasks expected to be performed for the first time on the OSAM-1 mission.
Maxar completed the sale of its Canadian subsidiary MDA in April 2020.
On 2020-06-26 the Canadian Space Agency plans to award a contract to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to build a robotic arm as Canada’s contribution to the lunar Gateway.
MDA transitioned to a work-from-home posture during the COVID-19 pandemic, with about 85% or more of its 1,900 personnel working from home.
MDA does not expect to compete with Maxar on building GEO communications satellites at this time.
MDA completed its merger with DigitalGlobe in 2017 to become a U.S. company aimed at accessing the U.S. government market.
MDA is positioning itself to build Canadarm3, Canada’s proposed contribution to the NASA-led lunar Gateway, after building the International Space Station’s Canadarm2.
About a year before June 2020, MDA won two contracts to develop the robotic interfaces for Canadarm3 and is currently executing those programs.
MDA is a Canadian company again following the April 2020 sale to a Toronto-led investor consortium.
Maxar retained SSL, which MDA had purchased five years before acquiring DigitalGlobe.
Maxar Technologies sold MDA in April 2020 for $729,000,000 to a consortium of investors led by Northern Private Capital of Toronto.
All of Neptec, purchased by Maxar in 2018, is now part of MDA in its vision, systems and sensors group within the robotics and space operations business.
Maxar reduced its debt position through the sale of MDA to address $3,100,000,000 in debt.
MDA remains ready to support OneWeb’s antenna program despite OneWeb filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2020.
MDA had 1,900 employees and generated an estimated $370,000,000 in revenues and $85,000,000 in adjusted EBITDA in 2019.