MDA secures major space gear contract

MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd (MDA) has secured a multi-million dollar contract to supply data reception and transmission subsystems for Thales Alenia Space, a consortium of several European firms. The contracts are for two satellites being built that will provide a range of satellite communications services over sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa. MDA is currently in negotiations to sell its space systems business to Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Edina MI, for $1.3 billion (R$, January 21/08)....