MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) is a Richmond, British Columbia–based Canadian aerospace, information services and products company, employing over 3000 people throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, under the MDA brand name.[1]
MDA provides commercial customers, industrial partners and governments (civil, defense, security, space, and R&D agencies) with such information systems and solutions as:
MDA is a member of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association.
History
- 2011 – announced funding partner and inaugural launch customer (Intelsat) for the MDA Space Infrastructure Servicing vehicle, a refueling depot and service spacecraft for communication satellites in geosynchronous orbit—slated to be the first in-space propellant depot in spaceflight history. Launch planned for 2015.[2]
- 2008 – In June MDA wins the British Columbia Technology Industry Association Impact Award[3] for Best Application of Technology for their RADARSAT-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite.
- 2008 – Canadian government officially blocks sale of MDA to ATK on May 8, 2008[4]
- 2008 – MDA announces sale of its Information Systems and Geospacial Services operations to Alliant Techsystems of Edina, Minnesota for $1.325 billion.[5] However, amongst much media coverage, the sale was rejected by the federal government of Canada under the Investment Canada Act.[6]
- 2007 – named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine.[7]
- 2006 – acquires Lyttle & Co. (Belfast, Northern Ireland), property and related search information[8]
- 2006 – acquires xit2 Ltd. (Nr Charlbury, Oxfordshire, UK), information exchange solutions for lenders and home surveyors and other outsourced service providers[9]
- 2006 – acquires Rochford Brady Group (Dublin, Ireland), legal property and company information search
- 2006 – acquires PropertyFlow (Kent, United Kingdom), property insurance and conveyancing search
- 2006 – expands into financial services with acquisition of Mindbox, a supplier of advanced decision systems for mortgage lending, for $12.6 million USD, with up to $10.75 million contingent on performance[10]
- 2005 – acquires business of EMS Technologies Canada (previously RCA Canada, which then became the Montreal division of SPAR Aerospace), a major supplier and subcontractor, for $8.9 million[10]
- 2004 – acquires Marshall & Swift / Boechk for $337.8 million, with $104.9 million contingent on performance.[10]
- 2003 – acquires Millar & Bryce, a commercial provider of land information in Scotland, for $21.32 million, with $1.76 million contingent on performance.[11]
- 2002 – acquires Dynacs for $3.1 million, with an additional $6.8 million contingent on performance[10]
- 2002 – acquires Automated Mining Systems of Aurora, Ontario for $225,000[12]
- 2002 – acquires Earth Satellite; subsidiary becomes [MDA Federal]
- 2001 – MDA UK launches National Land Information Service (NLIS)
- 2000/01 – Orbital Sciences divests its MDA shares through an initial public offering; trades as TSX: MDA
- 2000 – enters joint venture with LandAmerica Financial Group to create LandMDA, a provider of property reports to lenders[13]
- 2000 – acquires Atlantic Technologies of Huntsville, Alabama for $12.5 million on closing and $8.9 million in MDA shares (paid over 3 years); becomes MD Atlantic Technologies
- 2000 – acquires DataQuick Information Systems
- 1999 – completes buy-out of Radarsat International from SPAR Aerospace, Technology Horizons Ltd., and Lockheed Martin Astronautics
- 1999 – acquires FDI Forest Dimensions, a provider of forestry-related mapping and forest inventory management
- 1999 – acquires the Space and Advanced Robotics (Brampton, Ontario) Division of SPAR Aerospace; subsidiary becomes MD Robotics
- 1999 – acquires Terra Surveys (Ottawa)
- 1997 – MDA led consortium purchases BC Online from Province of British Columbia
- 1997 – acquires Triathlon Mapping
- 1997 – acquires Maritime Information Systems business of CANAC/Microtel
- 1996 – acquires Iotek, a supplier of signal processing and sonar technology for military customers, for undisclosed sum[14]
- 1995 – MDA acquired by Orbital Sciences for $67 million in stock[15]
- 1969 – founded by John S. MacDonald and Werner Dettwiler
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