Canada's
Combat Ship Team celebrates Canadian industry success
RICHMOND, BC, Feb. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - MDA, a Maxar
Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), today announced that
Canada's Combat Ship Team was
selected by Irving Shipbuilding for the design contract for
Canada's Surface Combatant (CSC)
ships. Irving Shipbuilding is the Canadian Surface Combatant Prime
Contractor and will build all 15 ships at Halifax Shipyard. As a
core member of the design team, MDA's primary role will be to
design the Electronic Warfare suite system for the CSC program.
The CSC is a globally deployable, multi-role warship designed to
meet the distinctive mission requirements of the Royal Canadian
Navy. MDA is partnered with other industry leaders including BAE
Systems, CAE, Lockheed Martin Canada, L3 Technologies, and Ultra
Electronics as Canada's Combat
Ship Team to provide the Royal Canadian Navy the most advanced and
modern warship design. Purposely designed for anti-submarine
warfare and capable of performing a variety of missions in any part
of the world, the CSC is acoustically quiet, versatile, highly
survivable, and reconfigurable for future modernization. The most
recent Canadian Defence Policy stated that 15 of these ships will
be built in Canada over the next
25 years and will serve the Royal Canadian Navy for decades to
come.
"MDA is proud to play such a critical role in supplying systems
and subsystems for the Canadian Surface Combatant program," said
Mike Greenley, group president of
MDA. "Our low-risk, lower life-cycle cost CSC solutions are based
on proven technologies and will enable Canadian security and
peacekeeping operations around the world by providing advanced
intelligence and protection for our brave sailors. These
Canadian-built solutions further unlock enormous economic benefits
and return on investment to the nation, particularly in
Quebec, Ontario, British
Columbia and Nova Scotia,
as we seek to export these technologies globally in the years ahead
secure our position as a global technology leader."
This contract is for the CSC design phase within which MDA is
responsible for the Electronic Warfare design. Over the life of the
program, MDA expects to perform multiple roles on the Lockheed
Martin Canada team for CSC. Work on four pivotal areas of the
program would create more than 200 new, high-quality jobs in MDA's
Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, and
Nova Scotia facilities. MDA's
roles include:
- Lead the Electronic Warfare system integration by procuring
best-value subsystems for each functional element and providing an
advanced Electronic Warfare solution for installation onto each CSC
ship, leveraging MDA's deep Canadian expertise in project
management, system engineering, electronics, antennas, signal
processing and software.
- Build an advanced radar system critical to the integrated CSC
weapons system, which is well positioned to be exported to the
global naval market.
- Partner with L3 WESCAM to build a Laser Warning and
Countermeasures System that is part of the overall Electronic
Warfare system suite and will defend against emerging laser-guided
threats that are particularly dangerous for the CSC and its crew in
littoral environments.
- Partner with Lockheed Martin Canada to develop an advanced
Electronic Warfare jamming subsystem, based on proven components
and electronics similar to those used by MDA for both its space and
terrestrial communications and radar programs.
About MDA
MDA is an internationally recognized leader
in space robotics, space sensors, satellite payloads, antennas and
subsystems, surveillance and intelligence systems, defence and
maritime systems, and geospatial radar imagery. MDA's extensive
space expertise and heritage translates into mission-critical
defence and commercial applications that include multi-platform
command, control and surveillance systems, aeronautical information
systems, land administration systems and terrestrial robotics. MDA
is also a leading supplier of actionable mission-critical
information and insights derived from multiple data sources.
Founded in 1969, MDA is recognized as one of Canada's most successful technology ventures
with locations in Richmond,
Ottawa, Brampton, Montreal, Halifax and the United Kingdom. MDA has supported the Royal
Canadian Navy for over two decades. For more information, visit
www.mdacorporation.com.
About Maxar Technologies
As a global leader of
advanced space technology solutions, Maxar Technologies is at the
nexus of the new space economy, developing and sustaining the
infrastructure and delivering the information, services, systems
that unlock the promise of space for commercial and government
markets. As a trusted partner, Maxar Technologies provides
vertically integrated capabilities and expertise including
satellites, Earth imagery, robotics, geospatial data and analytics
to help customers anticipate and address their most complex
mission-critical challenges with confidence. With more than 6,100
employees in over 30 global locations, the Maxar Technologies
portfolio of commercial space brands includes MDA, SSL,
DigitalGlobe and Radiant Solutions. Every day, billions of people
rely on Maxar to communicate, share information and data, and
deliver insights that Build a Better World. Maxar trades on the New
York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For more
information, visit www.maxar.com.
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