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For immediate release: February 5, 2003 NASA Awards $2.3 Million (CDN) ContractRichmond, B.C. - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) announced today that the company’s U.S. Information Systems subsidiary, Dynacs Inc., has received a contract from NASA's Johnson Space Center to provide software enhancements for NASA's Flight Mechanics Lab. The contract is valued at $1.5 million (U.S.), or $2.3 million (CDN).Dynacs will provide the research and development necessary to construct the Advanced Data Manipulation and Visualization system that will enable NASA to do 3-D visualizations and 3-D animations of certain data for deep space and near-Earth missions.
Related Websites: For more information, please contact: Ted Schellenberg Media Relations MacDonald Dettwiler Telephone: (604) 231-2215 E-mail: teds@mda.ca |