RADARSAT Constellation Mission

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  • MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Canada's Space-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Canada’s Space-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been awarded an $11.4 million contract option by Canada’s department of national defense to develop space-based synthetic aperture radar technology for a maritime surveillance project. The radar will be built to support the Polar Epsilon 2 broad-area maritime surveillance system that will utilize Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission, MDA said Thursday. PE2 ground systems are designed to receive and process information from RCM SAR satellites […] More

  • Northrop's Astro Aerospace Delivers 13 Antennas for Canada's RADARSAT Satellites; Dan Johansen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Astro Aerospace Delivers 13 Antennas for Canada’s RADARSAT Satellites; Dan Johansen Comments

    Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace business unit has completed delivery of 13 stored-energy monopole antennas to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates  — the prime contractor on the Canadian Space Agency’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission. Astro Aerospace said Wednesday the antennas are configurable, deployable and compact and will be installed onto the Automatic Identification System payload. They are designed to support Earth observation missions with their capability […] More