Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for August 7th: 2018 Report for Canadian Geospatial Capacity; Michael Rack and MDA; Current and Nokia; Alert Geomatics

7 August 2018 GoGeomatics Canada | Alert Geomatics

CCMEO has published a Report outlining Canada’s efforts to develop geospatial capacity at the UN https://twitter.com/AustraliaUN/status/1025474344947015680 Ahead of the Eighth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management, the Canadian […]

Your Canadian Geospatial Briefing for June 11th: SensorUp; Big Data Toronto; Drone Delivery Canada; Canada Forum on Geospatial Standards; MDA; Smart City Support Program

11 June 2018 GoGeomatics Canada | big data

Drone Delivery Canada chosen for Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Pilot Project Drone Delivery Canada has been selected to participate in Transport Canada’s Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Pilot Project. The Pilot Project will further the DDC’s capabilities in Moosonee and […]

MDA and Nanowave join forces to produce an innovative radar satellite payload

2 May 2018 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | Canada

MONTREAL, MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), today announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Nanowave Technologies Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced […]

Urthecast, Maxar, Climate Atlas, Hybrid GIS, ArcticDEM: Your Monday Briefing

16 April 2018 GoGeomatics Canada | Anthony Calamito

In the news: Climate data and those who can access it, LiDar mapping at work in the Okanagan, and Business Forecasts for Urthecast and MDA In geomatics news this week, we look at ongoing debates […]

Newsmakers & Press Releases

MAXAR Appoints Canadian Mike Greenley as Group President of MDA

9 January 2018 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | Canada

Maxar Technologies Ltd. (“Maxar” or the “Company”, formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE and TSX: MAXR), a leading global provider of advanced space technology solutions for commercial and government markets, today announced the appointment […]

Newsmakers & Press Releases

Canadian Firm MDA Completes Acquisition of DigitalGlobe

5 October 2017 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | Canada

MDA Completes Acquisition of DigitalGlobe, Creates Industry Leader in Satellite Systems, Earth Imagery, Geospatial Solutions and Analytics Combined company renamed Maxar Technologies and dual-listed on NYSE and TSX Creates distinctive portfolio of leading advanced space […]

MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe, Creating Industry Leader in End-to-End Space Systems, Earth Imagery and Geospatial Solutions

7 March 2017 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | 2017

San Francisco and Westminster, Colo. – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a global communications and information company providing technology solutions to commercial and government organizations worldwide, and DigitalGlobe, Inc., the global leader in Earth imagery […]

MDA to deliver space-based SAR for broad-area maritime surveillance

19 October 2016 GoGeomatics Newsmakers | 2016

Vancouver, BC – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company, announced that the Department of National Defence (DND) has exercised an option for a contract […]