Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will provide satellite imagery products and services to U.S. allies under a five-year, $192 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is intended to support NGA’s Foreign Commercial Imagery Program covering synthetic aperture radar, 3D...
The rapid growth of commercial space has unlocked exciting new opportunities for the U.S. federal government. Many of these possibilities lie in the field of geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, and space-based imagery, especially with the recent development of 3D and 4D capabilities. GovCon Wire spoke with six-time Wash100 Award winner&nb...
Boston-based Advent International has agreed to purchase Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) in an all-cash transaction worth approximately $6.4 billion, including debt, that will take the satellite imagery contractor private, the two companies said Friday. The $53-a-share price of the deal is a premium of 129 percent to Maxar’s Thursday closing o...
Jon Love, vice president of strategic growth at Maxar Technologies‘ public sector business, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. He talked about some key differentiators that help Maxar stand out in the competitive environment as federal customers consider geospatial intelligence partners. The Q&A with L...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) expects the first two of its six WorldView Legion satellites to arrive at their launch site in December and deploy to space the following month, Maxar President and CEO Dan Jablonsky said in the company’s third quarter earnings call. “The first two are essentially hardware ready, ready to ship downrange, waiti...
Westminster, Colorado-based Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has acquired Wovenware, an artificial intelligence and software development company, for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its AI, 3D data production, software engineering and machine learning capabilities. Wovenware Co-Founders Christian Gonzalez and Carlos Melendez will conti...
Biggs Porter, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), will retire in 2023 and hold a consulting role after his retirement until March 2024 to help with the transition. Maxar said Thursday it has begun its search for Porter’s successor in the CFO role. Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of...
Christopher Worley, vice president of DoD Earth Intelligence Programs for Maxar, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about the company’s recent award from the National Reconnaissance Office and other growth initiatives related to working with the U.S. defense and intelligence communities. The Q&am...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has attributed a marginal second quarter revenue increase in the company’s Earth intelligence business segment to higher sales of satellite imagery products. Revenue for the segment climbed by $1 million year-over-year to $284 million, primarily due to a cumulative $6 million hike in sales from U.S. government a...
The space divisions of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) have received 10-month contracts to study spacecraft designs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Extended Observations program with NASA. NASA awarded $5 million to each contractor to conduct concept development and technology...
