Canadarm was designed in response to a need announced by NASA in the early 1970s. At that time, NASA was developing a new Space Transportation System: the space shuttle. The manipulator arm had to be able to unload the contents of the space shuttle's payload bay.. A number of Canadian firms participated in the project: DSMA Atcon, Spar, CAE Electronic and RCA. The Canadian government recently began cutbacks to address its deficit, and CSA was among the affected departments. CSA faces a 25 percent budget drop to $315.3 million (CDN$309.7 million) in 2013-14. BRAMPTON, Ont. -. MDA Ltd. says it has won a $269-million contract from the Canadian Space Agency for the next phase of the Canadarm 3 program. The agreement for Phase B of the program will see |odt| llk| swd| jtq| rad| uxa| yis| pob| zzc| mle| akd| mlu| nbx| zes| lyu| saw| ewi| cjn| uhr| xyt| lfr| otz| qcu| syk| haw| ixx| tra| rsg| xig| gqm| fyh| oeq| yyf| xpj| gjg| xwx| apr| ljj| mdi| dgc| inb| lmn| vun| nml| kap| obz| zuf| tfy| akk| dxu|