It appears the Canadian Government has declared a halt to the $1.3 billion sale of MacDonald, Detwiler, and Associates Space Technologies Division to the U.S.-based Alliant Techsystems.
The timing of the sale was interesting considering the US Navy shot down a malfunctioning SAR satellite in February. Perhaps MDA and ATK were attempting to [...]
Canadian Government Shoots Down (the selling of) Satellite
April 22nd, 2008 No Comments
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