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Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar Technologies and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, will serve on the expert panel during Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Army Forum on August 27th. 

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 29, 2020 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) renewed four multiyear agreements during the second quarter to provide international defense and intelligence customers access to its constellation of Earth imaging satellites via the Direct Access Program, ExecutiveBiz reported July 20.

Four companies and one nonprofit research organization have won spots on a potential $6B multiple-award  contract from NASA to provide spacecraft and mission support services to the federal government.

Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) announced Wednesday that it has wrapped up its acquisition of Vricon, a 3D data and analytics company, for approximately $140M.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.