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MD Robotics gets $18M contract from CSA

Published on April 15, 2002; Published on January 23, 2011

B.C.-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced Monday that its robotics subsidiary has received $18 million in new contracts from the Canadian Space Agency to provide continued support for the robotics system used on the International Space Station.

Topics :: MD Robotics , Mobile Servicing System , MDA , Brampton

MD Robotics, based in Brampton, Ont., will provide logistical support and engineering services to sustain the Mobile Servicing System (MSS). The new contracts extend MDA's participation until March 2003.

The MSS includes Canadarm2 launched in 2001, the Mobile Base System scheduled for launch this spring, and a highly evolved two-armed robot known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator.

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