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Is the Macdonald Dettwiler/Alliant Space Deal Dead?

MDA is an older company than Orbital and was only owned by Orbital for a few years. Most of the work MDA has done, and its key technological capabilities were developed while it was either a private or public Canadian owned firm. MDA today encompasses a large part of Canada's space industry (more than when it was owned by Orbital), as well as capacities in other sectors. Selling it to a US weapons company for intangible claims of improved access to the US market (as these claims have not been substantiated by any evidence I can not even call them speculative) is wrong.

Will the Comdev Side Deal Solve Alliant's Problems?

We are already "out of the weeds"- the sort of compromise mentioned in this article will just pull us back down. The problems with this deal go far beyond RADARSAT2. The sale is only good for some shareholders looking fro a quick profit and a certain US weapons company