MDA Awarded Canadian Government Contract to Deliver Search and Rescue Repeaters for Satellites
11 May 2019 - 2:15AM
Business Wire
MDA, a Maxar company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), has been awarded
an initial contract value of CAD $39 million with Public Services
and Procurement Canada. The initial contract includes the
development and manufacturing of 10 flight-ready Search and
Rescue/Global Positioning System (SAR/GPS) repeaters to be launched
on the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellites, as well as several
automated test systems and simulators.
The contract includes options for an additional 12 flight model
repeaters which, if exercised by Canada, would increase the total
contract value in excess of $55 million. Once in orbit 22,000
kilometres above the Earth, MDA’s MEOSAR repeater will be able to
detect signals from emergency beacons and retransmit the signals to
receiver stations on the ground. The emergency messages can then be
sent to appropriate authorities so that people in danger can be
quickly located and rescued.
“This project builds on MDA’s previous successes and ensures
MDA’s commitment to develop innovative solutions that are vital to
Canada’s sovereignty and security,” said Mike Greenley, group
president of MDA. “Once qualified as operational, this system will
dramatically improve both the speed and location accuracy for
detecting beacons, and as a result greatly enhance the coordination
and dispatch of search and rescue teams to help people in
distress.”
Satellites have become an integral part of Canada’s national
infrastructure, providing critical services on a daily basis to
individual Canadians and government agencies. With Canada’s vast
geography and long coastlines, satellites support a wide variety of
applications, from Search and Rescue, to ecosystem and climate
change monitoring, telecommunications, navigation and ice mapping,
and fisheries and natural resource management.
The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL and Radiant Solutions were
unified under the Maxar brand in February; MDA continues to operate
as an independent business unit within the Maxar organization.
About MDA
MDA is an internationally recognized leader in space robotics,
space sensors, satellite payloads, antennas and subsystems,
surveillance and intelligence systems, defense and maritime
systems, and geospatial radar imagery. MDA's extensive space
expertise and heritage translates into mission-critical defence and
commercial applications that include multi-platform command,
control and surveillance systems, aeronautical information systems,
land administration systems and terrestrial robotics. MDA is also a
leading supplier of actionable mission-critical information and
insights derived from multiple data sources. Founded in 1969, MDA
is recognized as one of Canada's most successful technology
ventures with locations in Richmond, Ottawa, Brampton, Montreal,
Halifax and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit
www.mdacorporation.com.
About Maxar Technologies
As a global leader of advanced space technology solutions, Maxar
is at the nexus of the new space economy, developing and sustaining
the infrastructure and delivering the information, services, and
systems that unlock the promise of space for commercial and
government markets. The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL and Radiant
Solutions were unified under the Maxar brand in February; MDA
continues to operate as an independent business unit within the
Maxar organization. As a trusted partner with 5,900 employees in
over 30 global locations, Maxar provides vertically integrated
capabilities and expertise including satellites, Earth imagery,
robotics, geospatial data and analytics to help customers
anticipate and address their most complex mission-critical
challenges with confidence. Every day, billions of people rely on
Maxar to communicate, share information and data, and deliver
insights that Build a Better World. Maxar trades on the New York
Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For more
information, visit www.maxar.com.
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Leslie SwartmanMDA Media
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