03:40 PM EST - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. : announced today that it has signed two contracts with DigitalGlobe Inc. Under the first contract, MDA will upgrade the WorldView Production Segment headquarter's systems previously delivered by MDA to provide full support for the WorldView-3 satellite. WorldView-3, scheduled for launch in 2014, is expected to be the first multi-sensor, super-spectral, high resolution commercial satellite. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
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