Tim Kopra, a former Army Colonel, helicopter pilot, NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander, has joined MDA as the Vice President, Robotics and Space Operations. Kopra joins MDA from Blue Bear Capital where he was a partner and advisor. According to the MDA press release, Blue Bear Capital, a private equity firm, “invests in high-growth technology companies and start-ups across the energy, infrastructure and …
Read More »Mike Greenley discusses the future of MDA
Yesterday the sale of MDA by Maxar Technologies to Northern Private Capital closed and today SpaceQ spoke with CEO Mike Greenley.
Read More »Northern Private Capital deal for MDA closes
Northern Private Capital (NPC) today has closed the deal to buy MDA from Maxar Technologies bringing the company back into Canadian control.
Read More »CSA awards MDA $190 million International Space Station contract
As expected the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded MDA a contract to cover their work in supporting the operations and maintenance of the Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More »MDA to boldly go …. again
On the eve of 2020, followers of the Canadian space industry were greeted with exciting news. Northern Private Capital, a Toronto-based investment consortium, had reclaimed a national asset by buying MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for an eye-popping $1 billion.
Read More »The RADARSAT program and Synthetic Aperture Radar
Canada is a technology leader when it comes to Synthetic Aperture Radar and has decades of experience through the RADARSAT programs.
Read More »Western University readies rover tech for lunar leap
Western University is readying to deploy a vision system for future rover missions on the moon, building on to rover technology the Canadian Space Agency has been supporting for at least two decades.
Read More »CSA announces new contracts related to the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) officially announced the first contracts related to Canada’s goal of being an important participant in the ongoing science and future commercialization of the Moon.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Funds Three Enabling Space Technologies
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded three of four contracts valued at $2.1 million (pre-tax) for their Development of enabling space technologies RFP.
Read More »Meet International Terranaut Daniel Schulten
Happy New Year and welcome to another podcast episode of Terranauts where we interview people that go to space all the time, without ever leaving the planet.
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