MacDonald, Dettwiler CEO: Head office may move from Vancouver to U.S. by 2019

Canada’s leader in space technology, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., may end up moving its head office to the United States within two years, but that’s only one possible outcome of its proposed takeover of Colorado-based DigitalGlobe. The Vancouver-based company has made a firm commitment that DigitalGlobe’s ultimate parent will be a U.S. company by the end of 2019 _ although there’s been no decision yet about how that will be done, MDA CEO Howard Lance said Friday.

MacDonald, Dettwiler to buy satellite imaging company DigitalGlobe in $4.7-billion deal

One of Canada’s leading technology companies, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., will buy Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, Inc. in a friendly deal valued at about $4.7 billion , including debt. Vancouver-based MDA – which has supplied technology for the International Space Station, the U.S. Space Shuttle program and satellite-based Earth imaging – is offering DigitalGlobe shareholders cash and stock worth US$35 per share.

MacDonald, Dettwiler to buy satellite imaging company DigitalGlobe in $4.7-billion deal

One of Canada’s leading technology companies, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., will buy Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, Inc. in a friendly deal valued at about $4.7 billion , including debt. Vancouver-based MDA – which has supplied technology for the International Space Station, the U.S. Space Shuttle program and satellite-based Earth imaging – is offering DigitalGlobe shareholders cash and stock worth US$35 per share.