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MDA is a robotics company founded 1969, based in Canada, developing 1 robot primarily in the Industrial Arm category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
MDA has no confirmed funding round on file and has 2 known customers, none yet tied to a specific model.
Shipped
2 known customers — no deployment yet tied to a specific model
Used by
Named in a public source that did not say which model
- International Space Station· Internationalskiesmag.com
- NASA· United Statesspacewatch.global
Trusted mission partner to the global space industry
MDA Space (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates) is a Canadian space technology company headquartered in Brampton, Ontario. Founded in 1969, MDA designs and builds advanced robotics and satellite systems, including the Canadarm and Canadarm2 for NASA space shuttles and the International Space Station. The company is widely recognized as a global leader in space robotics and serves government space agencies and commercial satellite operators worldwide.
Active products
1
RoboIndex
43.40
RoboScore 43.40 + Momentum 0.00
Company facts
- HQ
- Canada
- Founded
- 1969 · 57 yrs
- Employees
- 4,000
- Website
- mda.space
RoboScore
43.40 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Speculative — thin evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
4 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Public loss record
Canadian consumer and medical-device recalls reach Health Canada, which we read.
Active products by MDA
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Dextre | Industrial Arm | Reach 3.5 m·Payload 600 kg | 2008 | 48.3 |
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