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Company:MDA Federal Inc.Current Opportunities (14) Company Website  Location(s):6011 Executive BlvdSuite 400 Rockville, MD 20852 Map Location
Phone:(240) 833-8201Industry:Aerospace / Military / DefenseSize:100-499 |
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Company OverviewMDA Federal Inc. is the U.S. geospatial services unit of MDA which specializes in the development and application of remote sensing and geographic information technologies (GIS).MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) projects focus on the exploration, sustainable development and management of the Earth's resources and the monitoring of the environment. MDA is a world leader in the utilization of remote sensing data from aircraft and satellites and is the largest commercial provider of enhanced satellite imagery. Remote sensing and spatial data base technologies are tools used by natural resource scientists to better understand, use and manage the Earth's resources. There is a single compelling reason to employ remote sensing and GIS technologies: they are extraordinarily cost-effective tools. MDA Federal Inc. (Formerly Earth Satellite Corporation, founded in 1969) has been preeminent in the development and use of these powerful and advanced technologies. MDA Federal Inc. is the U.S. operation of MDA Geospatial Services. Our success is due in part to a corporate commitment to employing scientists who are first and foremost experts in the natural phenomena of their chosen disciplines. One cannot be a high tech geologist at MDA until first being a very good geologist. The instruments do not make the musician. When you hire MDA, you are hiring people who understand natural phenomena and processes, and who are also skilled in the use of a variety of space age technologies. For over 39 years, MDA Federal Inc. has conducted resource programs around the world for private and public clients. MDA's technical staff, which includes foresters, agronomists, ecologists, wildlife biologists, geologists, geographers, meteorologists, computer scientists, physicists and photographic specialists, have made substantial contributions to the advancement of image processing, information technology and GIS. MDA has performed over 350 studies in the fields of forestry, land use, environmental analysis, change detection, GIS, military applications, mineral exploration and agriculture. MDA provides weather and agricultural information to more than 200,000 customers every day. MDA is the USA portion of MDA Corporation in Richmond, British Columbia which has an Engineering Services group in Houston, and a robotics group, Alliance Space Systems in both California and Colorado. MDA Federal Inc. has been assessed to ISO 9001:2000 With Design. What We Do: Information Products Digital Imaging EarthSat NaturalVue, EarthSat GeoCover, Production Capabilities, Image Products/Services, Printing Services, Research & Development Environment GIS Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems, National Security Support Geology Oil & Gas Industry, Water Exploration, Mineral Exploration, Engineering Support Weather Cropcast Ag Services, EarthSat Energy Weather, Historical Weather Data Defense Mission Rehearsal, Visualization & Simulation, Land Cover Mapping, Satellite Image Processing, Commercial/Civil Imagery, Weather Data, Cloud Forecasting Information Solutions Engineering Services Advanced System Engineering, Training, Robotics Systems Engineering and Operations, Information Technology Services MDA EarthSat Weather: For the past 30 years, MDA has been providing weather advisories and specialized weather products to a variety of commercial customers. MDA's forecasts have been based upon the best available worldwide weather data received in real time. From this data, the skilled meteorologists, hydrologists, agronomists, physical geographers, environmental scientists and computer scientists at MDA produce hundreds of different products. CROPCAST Ag Services: Cropcast Ag Services (a division of EarthSat Weather) has been a pioneer in agribusiness, providing agricultural weather solutions around the globe for over 20 years. Cropcast agribusiness products integrate meteorological and high resolution satellite data with crop model simulations and ground inventories to provide continuously updated ag weather information to commodity traders, grain/oilseed, cocoa, coffee and sugar importers/exporters, food companies, and government agencies. Our unique resources allow Cropcast to remain on the cutting edge of technology, providing the most unique premium agricultural weather services in the industry. EarthSat Energy Weather: Launched in 1990, at the dawn of natural gas deregulation, MDA is the premier source for industry-sensitive energy weather information. Today our clients include such varied industries as energy, food, retail, banking, and government. Our products appeal to anyone who must manage and minimize their energy risk. Historical Weather Data: The quality of meteorological observations varies country-to-country as well as station-to-station. Missing values and erroneously reported observations are common. In order to solve this problem MDA sells a historical cleaned dataset online. MDA guarantees that the cleaned data will not contain missing values. |
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