Organization: MacDonald

MDA signs contract with DRDC to advance hyperspectral imaging

MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd (MDA) has signed a five-year contract with Defence Research and Development Canada to lead a team of five Canadian organizations to develop and validate airborne and ground-based hyperspectral imaging capabilities in ultraviolet, visible near-infrared and low-wave infrared spectral ranges. The project will help enable the detection of chemical and biological…

Canada and Israel consider joint space missions

MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd (MDA) and COM DEV International Ltd are each receiving $300,000 from the federal government to conduct concept studies for potential Canada-Israel space missions. MDA will partner with Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (IAI) to study the feasibility of an advanced payload for a future mission that would enhance the flexibility of…

CSA awards six space exploration contracts

The Canadian Space Agency has awarded six contracts, valued at $250,000 each, to four organizations to develop concept studies related to future space exploration ventures. The studies are part of the CSA’s strategy to invest in emerging technology areas, such as: a high resolution Canadian-led space telescope; robots to remove space debris and tune-up ailing…

Precarn funds graduate students

Precarn Inc has awarded $540,000 to support a variety of disciplines relating to university-based robotics and intelligent systems projects. The $7,500 awards went to 72 graduate students in areas such as electrical and mechanical engineering and psychology. Precarn has also made an award of nearly $1 million to support a surveillance project led by MacDonald,…