In 2007 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) made the assessment that the domestic space market wasn’t growing and that there was no long-term commitment to space by the Conservative government. As well, access to the U.S. market, critical for growth, was being stymied by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and security issues. At the same time MDA’s Information Products group was growing …
Read More »MDA has released a 13 minute video outlining what its Geospatial Services unit does. In 2013 the unit generated $148.8 million in revenue, about 8.2% of the companies total revenue of $1.82 billion.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded Neptec Design Group Ltd. of Kanata, Ontario a contract valued at $344,852.57 for a concept study of a Compact Active Sensor Technology (CAST).
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Conservative MP Jay Aspin (Nipissing-Timiskaming) announced on Wednesday, November 26 that he was the Chair of a new Parliamentary Space Caucus that will focus on the priorities of the space sector. Aspin is also the Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Aerospace Caucus.
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With the two year anniversary of its launch coming up, the small Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) is still only partially achieving its mission goals. The updated mission news is a mix of good and bad.
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Industry Minister James Moore announced today the participants of the newly created Space Advisory Board. The creation of the Space Advisory Board was one of the recommendations made in the report released by the Aerospace Review committee two years ago.
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Presidents of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) can serve a term of five years which can be renewed. The problem however is that since its foundation, only one president has completed one full term. In fact, under the current government, which has been in power for nearly 9 years, there have been four interim presidents and a total of seven presidents. This page is for …
Read More »On the occasion of the state visit by French President François Hollande, Canada and France signed a new space cooperative agreement last week. The agreement comes on the heels of another one signed with Israel at the recent International Astronautical Congress on Toronto in early October.
Read More »The government today announced that Canadian Space Agency (CSA) General President Walter Natynczyk is leaving the agency this week and will start on Monday as the Deputy Minister at Veterans Affairs.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency astronauts Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques invite you to celebrate National Science and Technology Week from October 17-26, 2014.
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