RICHMOND, B.C., 22 Oct. 2015.MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates Ltd. (MDA; TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, is working with The MITRE Corp. to survey sites in Latin America with complex topography and to provide digital mapping products incorporating information from optical satellite images. The products are used to conduct aeronautical studies, and to identify objects on the ground that could adversely affect aviation safety.
MDA has a 30-year history of delivering advanced aviation solutions to civil authorities and defense customers, leveraging MDA's proven expertise of complex system integration and space-based information solutions.
MDA's business is focused on markets and customers with strong repeat business potential, primarily in the Communications sector and the Surveillance and Intelligence sector. In addition, the company conducts a significant amount of advanced technology development.