MDA Selected to Design, Manufacture Advanced Navigation Antennas for Airbus Defence and Space
September 11 2019 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
MDA, a Maxar company (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), today announced
that it will design and manufacture advanced space-based L-band
navigation antennas as part of a hosted payload on the MEASAT-3d
satellite, which is currently being built by Airbus. The MDA-built
navigation antennas will be integrated on a hosted payload for
South Korean KTSAT that will support the Korea Augmentation
Satellite System (KASS).
Scheduled for launch in 2021, the KASS navigation payload will
deliver L-band regional civil navigation services over South Korea
to enhance aviation safety and airplane navigation capability
through improved accuracy, reliability and availability of GPS
positioning signals.
MDA and its parent company Maxar have successfully hosted more
than 10 payloads on the company’s highly flexible 1300-class
satellite platform since 2001, covering a wide variety of essential
customer missions. In 2012, the company delivered a powerful
multi-mission satellite for SES, which included an L-band payload
for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
(EGNOS).
“We appreciate the confidence that Airbus has in MDA’s
innovative satellite technologies, having worked on over 30
programs,” said Mike Greenley, group president of MDA. “We look
forward to continuing our close, collaborative relationship with
Airbus on this contract.”
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,
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.
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.
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