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Propelling Montreal Engineering Into Orbit
By MDA Space - March 4, 2025
The space industry has something to offer inventive minds looking to quench their thirst for challenges. Each kilogram of a satellite represents tens of thousands of dollars in launch costs, leading to the use of ultralight materials and efforts to reduce the size of the platform. Components must withstand the inordinate acoustic pressure and random vibrations of the rocket that will carry it into orbit.
Propelling Montreal Engineering Into Orbit
By MDA Space - March 4, 2025
SatelliteThe space industry has something to offer inventive minds looking to quench their thirst for challenges. Each kilogram of a satellite represents tens of thousands of dollars in launch costs, leading to the use of ultralight materials and efforts to reduce the size of the platform. Components must withstand the inordinate acoustic pressure and random vibrations of the rocket that will carry it into orbit.
MDA Space and Partners Showcase Rover Operations at the Canadian Space Agency
By MDA Space - February 6, 2025
RoboticsMDA Space and our partners, Centre de Technologies Avancées (CTA) and the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), successfully completed autonomous lunar surface demonstrations at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in Montreal, Quebec and we are over the moon with our rover’s performance.
MDA Space Ranked in the Top 35 of Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders
By Mike Greenley - December 13, 2024
ReflectionsMDA Space has once again placed in the #33 position on Research Infosource Inc.’s annual list of Canada’s Top 100 Corporate R&D Spenders, with a total research and development (R&D) spend in FY2023 of $111.7 million.
Take Our Kids to Work Day at MDA Space
By MDA Space - November 29, 2024
CommunityOn November 6, MDA Space welcomed more than 70 very important guests to our Brampton, Kanata, and Richmond offices for Take Our Kids to Work Day.
Mike Greenley named 2024 Innovator of the Year
By MDA Space - November 22, 2024
NewsWe are excited to share that our CEO, Mike Greenley, has been named Canada’s 2024 CEO Innovator of the Year by The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine.
SpaceBound 2024: A look at the future of the Canadian space sector
By MDA Space - November 6, 2024
ReflectionsOn October 24 and 25, 2024, Space Canada hosted its annual SpaceBound conference at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. The two-day event brought together thought leaders from the Canadian space ecosystem to discuss key topics and industry trends.
Launching into a good time at Launch Canada 2024
By MDA Space - October 3, 2024
CommunityThe MDA Space team was out in full force at this year’s 2024 Launch Canada Challenge.
MDA Space attends the 2024 Canadian International Rover Challenge in the Mars-like badlands of Drumheller, Alberta
By MDA Space - September 12, 2024
CommunityRecently, MDA Space employees, Misha Kovarsky (Int. Member of Technical Staff – Systems) and Simon Micheau (Jr. Member of Technical Staff – Systems), attended the annual Canadian International Rover Challenge (CIRC) 2024 Summer Competition.
We’re officially on our way to the Moon!
By Holly Johnson - June 28, 2024
RoboticsIt’s a momentous day! In case you missed it, check out the exciting news that we shared with the world in a news release this morning. With this exciting news, we are now under contract for the next few years to finish the design, build, and delivery of the Canadarm3 system, in preparation for launch near the end of the decade. We’re officially on our way to the Moon!
THE MDA SPACE WAY – OUR SUPERPOWER
By MDA Space - June 13, 2024
ReflectionsAt MDA Space, our superpower is the defining approach we take to working with customers and each other. No matter the task or problem that comes our way, we collaborate to find the best solutions by fusing our know-how, ingenuity and creativity to deliver mission-ready solutions. Paired with our technical excellence, we call this approach “the MDA Space Way.”
MDA Space joins Starlab Space joint venture to build commercial space station
By Holly Johnson - May 30, 2024
RoboticsToday, MDA Space becomes a strategic technology partner and equity owner in the Starlab Space commercial space station. We join a powerhouse team of industry leaders – Voyager Space, Airbus and Mitsubishi Corporation – in an international joint venture that will extend our unparalleled space robotics technology and expertise to building a commercial replacement for the International Space Station later this decade. We are thrilled to bring the innovation, reliability and versatility of our world-leading space robotics to the Starlab mission.
Reflections from our CEO
By Mike Greenley - May 11, 2024
Reflections2023 was an extraordinary year for MDA Space. We completed our first double – growing revenue from $400 million to $800 million over the last few years. We profitably grew our business and delivered meaningful value creation for our shareholders, we enabled and participated in some of the most ambitious and important space missions ever undertaken, and we executed on our backlog of work by delivering for our customers. And that is just the beginning. We are carrying our momentum into 2024 with a clear path to continue this pace of growth in the years ahead.
