MacDonald Dettwiler
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| Type | Public TSX: MDA |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Richmond, BC |
| Key people | Daniel Friedmann (President and CEO) |
| Industry | Information technology services |
| Revenue | ▲$1,052.5 million CAD (2006)[1] |
| Net income | ▲$83.6 million CAD (2006)[1] |
| Employees | 3,000+ (2006)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | MDA Space Missions |
| Website | www.mdacorporation.com |
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) is a Richmond based, Canadian 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 government, civil, defense, security, space, and R&D agencies with such information systems and solutions as:
- space robotics and satellite information and payload systems,
- Earth observation, airborne, surveillance, intelligence, and environmental monitoring,
- radar and optical satellite imagery and remote sensing,
- mapping
- real estate information
- advanced research and development
- robotic surgery research via its NeuroArm development program
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[edit] History
- 2008 - Canadian government officially blocks sale of MDA to ATK on May 8, 2008[2]
- 2008 - Shareholders approve the sale of its Information Systems and Geospacial Services operations to Alliant Techsystems of Edina, Minnesota for $1.325 billion.[3] However, amongst much media coverage, the sale was rejected by the federal government of Canada, the first time ever in It's history.[4]
- 2007 - named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine.[5]
- 2006 - acquires Lyttle & Co. (Belfast, Northern Ireland), property and related search information[6]
- 2006 - acquires xit2 Ltd. (Nr Charlbury, Oxfordshire, UK), information exchange solutions for lenders and home surveyors and other outsourced service providers[7]
- 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[8]
- 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[8]
- 2004 - acquires Marshall & Swift / Boechk for $337.8 million, with $104.9 million contingent on performance.[8]
- 2003 - acquires Millar & Bryce, a commercial provider of land information in Scotland, for $21.32 million, with $1.76 million contingent on performance.[9]
- 2002 - acquires Dynacs for $3.1 million, with an additional $6.8 million contingent on performance[8]
- 2002 - acquires Automated Mining Systems of Aurora, Ontario for $225,000[10]
- 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[11]
- 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[12]
- 1995 - MDA acquired by Orbital Sciences for $67 million in stock[13]
- 1969 - founded by John S. MacDonald and Vern Dettwiler
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- MDA web site
- Robotic Surgery project neuroArm at University of Calgary
- "Feds delay ruling on sale of Canada's top space firm".
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d MDA Q1 2007 Factsheet. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
- ^ "Minister of Industry Confirms Initial Decision on Proposed Sale of Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. to Alliant Techsystems Inc.", Industry Canada, 2008-05-08. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ "MDA Selling Canadarm Business to U.S. Firm", CBC News, 2008-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ "Federal government blocks sale of MDA space division", CBC News, 2008-04-10. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
- ^ Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers.
- ^ MDA Acquires Legal Search Firm In Northern Ireland. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ^ MDA Acquires Leading Provider Of Electronic Exchange Solutions To Lenders And Surveyors In UK. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ^ a b c d Annual Report 2005. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ^ MDA Acquires Leading Land Information Company in Scotland. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ^ MDA Acquires Small Robotic Mining Company. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ^ In Real Estate, Geographic Information and the Internet Changes Everything. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ^ MDA to Acquire Iotek Inc. of Halifax. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
- ^ "Orbital Sciences Deal", New York Times, 1995-09-06. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
