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Maxar Technologies' DigitalGlobe Announces the Availability of MDA RADARSAT-2 Data in SecureWatchEnables Persistent Surveillance for Intelligence Customers WESTMINSTER, CO, Sept. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), today announced that synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery from Maxar's MDA RADARSAT-2 satellite will become available to SecureWatch subscribers on October 1, 2018. SecureWatch, DigitalGlobe's powerful, cloud-based geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) platform, will now combine in one platform the company's high-resolution optical imagery and MDA's SAR imagery, enabling defense and intelligence analysts to deliver actionable insights to decision makers regardless of weather and light conditions. Maxar's MDA will refresh hundreds of global sites on a weekly basis using RADARSAT-2's Wide Ultra Fine format (3 meter resolution, 50 kilometer scene width). RADARSAT-2 imagery allows users to observe features and changes that go undetected using other imaging techniques, and provides day and night coverage regardless of weather. SecureWatch users can access timely RADARSAT-2 imagery using current subscription plans. When combined with 30 cm optical imagery, analysts will have an even more uniquely powerful and reliable toolset to perform analysis to make decisions with confidence. "Adding RADARSAT-2 imagery to SecureWatch is a perfect demonstration of Maxar Technologies' unique promise: create valuable, integrated and innovative solutions that address customers' critical challenges," said Mike Greenley, Group President of MDA. "MDA's RADARSAT-2 information has played a key role in supporting security missions for over two decades, and partnering with our sister company, DigitalGlobe, immediately enhances our offerings and expands our global reach." "SecureWatch subscribers now have an exciting new tool to enrich GEOINT gathering and decision-making," said Dan Jablonsky, DigitalGlobe President. "Combining SAR and optical imagery takes analysts' abilities to the next level to deliver powerful insights into what's happening in their areas of interest and allows them to save lives, resources and time." About DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe is the global leader in commercial high-resolution satellite imagery used by decision makers to better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time. Sourced from the world's leading constellation, our imagery soltions deliver unmatched coverage and capacity to meet our customers' most demanding mission requirements. Each day customers in defense and intelligence, public safety, civil agencies, map making and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, navigation technology, and providers of location-based services depend on DigitalGlobe data, information, technology and expertise to gain actionable insight. DigitalGlobe is a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR). For more information visit www.DigitalGlobe.com. About Maxar Technologies Forward-Looking Statements Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed in this release. As a result, although management of the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. The risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, the risk factors and other disclosures about the Company and its business included in the Company's continuous disclosure materials filed from time to time with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities, which are available online under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, under the Company's EDGAR profile at www.sec.gov or on the Company's website at www.maxar.com. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such forward-looking statements are based upon data available as of the date of this release or other specified date and speak only as of such date. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this release as a result of new information or future events, except as may be required under applicable securities legislation. Investor Relations Contact Media Contact View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/maxar-technologies-digitalglobe-announces-the-availability-of-mda-radarsat-2-data-in-securewatch-300709113.html SOURCE Maxar Technologies Ltd. |