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Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) announced Wednesday that it has wrapped up its acquisition of Vricon, a 3D data and analytics company, for approximately $140M.
Read More »Maxar Closes Vricon Purchase
Maxar Awarded DHS Analytics Tech Development Contract; Tony Frazier Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 30, 2020 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the Department of Homeland Security build a system to characterize and track vehicle behavior in real time across multiple domains under a potential five-year, $23M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported June 22.
Read More »Maxar Announces Intent to Buy 3D Data, Analytics Firm Vricon; Dan Jablonsky Quoted
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) plans to exercise its call option to fully acquire Vricon, a 3D data and analytics company, for approximately $140M as part of efforts to advance growth initiatives in Earth intelligence and 3D technology markets.
Tony Frazier Offers Update on Maxar’s WorldView Legion Satellite Constellation
Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and a four-time Wash100 award winner, said the company is “investing heavily” in its next-generation satellite constellation designed to collect satellite imagery, Inside Defense reported Thursday. "We are through the bulk of the build of what we're calling our WorldView Legion," Frazier told the publication in an interview.
Read More »Maxar Streamlines Operating Structure Through Reorganization; Dan Jablonsky Quoted
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) reorganized its business into three segments - space infrastructure, Earth intelligence and MDA – in 2019 in an effort to streamline its operating structure and position the company for future growth, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.
Read More »SpaceX to Send NASA Payloads to ‘Psyche’ Asteroid Under $117M Contract
SpaceX has been selected to help NASA launch scientific payloads to an asteroid located between Jupiter and Mars as part of an estimated $117M effort to study planet collisions and metal particles in the solar system.
Read More »Maxar to Demo Robotic Spacecraft Assembly Tech Under $142M NASA Contract
NASA has awarded Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) a potential $142M contract to demonstrate the potential of a robotic platform to conduct assembly and reconfiguration operations for spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit.
Read More »Tony Frazier: Maxar Supports Gov’t Missions Through Space Infrastructure, Earth Intelligence
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 2, 2020 — Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), said the company is using space infrastructure and intelligence in efforts to help government customers transform missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 20.
Read More »Former DigitalGlobe Director Eddy Zervigon Joins Maxar Board
Eddy Zervigon, a former member of the board of directors at DigitalGlobe, has been appointed to Maxar Technologies’ (NYSE: MAXR) board.
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On Monday, GovConWire reported that President Trump would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to succeed Dan Coats as the director of National Intelligence. “I think that John Ratcliffe is going to do an incredible job, if he gets approved,” Trump told reporters at the White House via CNN. “I think …
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