MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) is a Richmond 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.
[edit] History - 2008 - In June MDA wins the British Columbia Technology Industry Association Impact Award[2] 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[3]
- 2008 - MDA announces sale of its Information Systems and Geospacial Services operations to Alliant Techsystems of Edina, Minnesota for $1.325 billion.[4] However, amongst much media coverage, the sale was rejected by the federal government of Canada.[5]
- 2007 - named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine.[6]
- 2006 - acquires Lyttle & Co. (Belfast, Northern Ireland), property and related search information[7]
- 2006 - acquires xit2 Ltd. (Nr Charlbury, Oxfordshire, UK), information exchange solutions for lenders and home surveyors and other outsourced service providers[8]
- 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[9]
- 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[9]
- 2004 - acquires Marshall & Swift / Boechk for $337.8 million, with $104.9 million contingent on performance.[9]
- 2003 - acquires Millar & Bryce, a commercial provider of land information in Scotland, for $21.32 million, with $1.76 million contingent on performance.[10]
- 2002 - acquires Dynacs for $3.1 million, with an additional $6.8 million contingent on performance[9]
- 2002 - acquires Automated Mining Systems of Aurora, Ontario for $225,000[11]
- 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[12]
- 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[13]
- 1995 - MDA acquired by Orbital Sciences for $67 million in stock[14]
- 1969 - founded by John S. MacDonald and Vern Dettwiler
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