General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has partnered with CAE, L3 Technologies’ Wescam subsidiary and Maxar Technologies’ MDA business to form an industry team that aims to meet Canada’s requirements for multi-mission remotely piloted aircraft systems. Team SkyGuardian Canada will offer the MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone for the Canadian armed forces’ RPAS project that seeks a medium-altitude, long-endurance […] More

The SpaceNet team has received the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s Industry Achievement Award in recognition of its efforts to adopt GEOINT technologies and services. Maxar Technologies’ Radiant Solutions business teamed up with CosmiQ Works and NVIDIA to launch the SpaceNet open innovation project in August 2016, the companies said Tuesday. USGIF presented the award to […] More

Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe has incorporated imagery from the WorldView-4 Earth observation satellite into a cloud-based technology designed to help customers access geospatial intelligence. DigitalGlobe said Sunday its WorldView-4 imagery collections will more than double the daily volume of 30-centimeter imagery stored in the SecureWatch platform and help analysts monitor activity in multiple areas of interest. MDA, also a Maxar unit, plans to integrate […] More

Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe subsidiary has introduced an interactive tool designed to help customers explore a range of geospatial data products and service offerings. Navigator is available through a preview account that includes a sample of DigitalGlobe’s product portfolio and offers access to product demonstrations and relevant use cases, according to a blog entry posted Thursday. The […] More

Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has secured a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and develop a critical system for a spacecraft designed to explore Jupiter’s Europa moon through investigative flybys. SSL said Tuesday it will build a critical interface – Remote Engineering Unit – for the Europa Clipper spacecraft that is slated for launch in […] More

Maxar Technologies‘ Radiant Solutions business will continue to help the Army Geospatial Center engineer systems and develop software for the Remote Ground Terminal program under a $2.6 million follow-on contract. Radiant Solutions said Thursday it helped the center develop the RGT platform for the U.S. Army to access geospatial data when the service branch performs military, humanitarian and disaster relief missions. The terminal […] More

A communications satellite with a classified secondary payload took off March 6 aboard a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Spaceflight Now reported Monday. The classified secondary satellite, dubbed PODSat, was integrated into Spain’s Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite through the Payload Orbital Delivery System built by Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary. PODS is […] More

Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary has selected Northrop Grumman to provide a navigation system for integration into a satellite constellation. Northrop said Thursday it will supply the Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit designed to support a space vehicle’s attitude control and sensor pointing/stabilization functions through the contract with SSL. Scalable SIRU is built for commercial, government and civilian space […] More

The Canadian department of national defense has selected a team of AeroVironment and Maxar Technologies‘ MDA subsidiary to provide small unmanned aerial systems for deployment aboard the Canadian navy’s maritime coastal defense vessels. AeroVironment said Wednesday the military service will receive Puma II AE mini UAS equipped with 360-degree antenna and Mantis i45 sensor systems designed to support […] More

Maxar Technologies’ Radiant Solutions business has received a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to help expedite the development of machine learning algorithms designed to gather data from satellite images. Radiant Solutions said Tuesday it will provide NGA access to high-resolution satellite images of at least 1 million labeled objects to help the agency launch […] More

Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary will work with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to conduct a study on new space architectures and related systems in support of the service branch’s Space Enterprise Vision. SEV seeks to ensure resiliency in space defense capabilities through the development of new enterprise-level technology platforms designed to […] More

A communications satellite made by Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary for  Hispasat has been delivered to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will lift off aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket. SSL said Tuesday the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite will provide communications services for television, broadband, corporate networks and other telecommunications applications in Europe, North Africa and […] More