TSX:MDAAerospace & Defense
Is MDA Space’s (TSX:MDA) New Defence Contract Quietly Redefining Its Long-Term Growth Story?
In March 2026, Canada’s Defence Investment Agency awarded MDA Space a CAD$32 million contract to deliver and support three ground-based optical observatories and the STARS system for the Surveillance of Space 2 program, with operations extending to at least 2031.
This award underlines MDA Space’s growing role in Canada’s space domain awareness infrastructure, pairing long-term defence work with high-value, technically complex ground systems.
Next, we’ll examine how this new defence...