Innoflight, a leading provider of cyber-security space solutions, announced today it has been selected by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, as part of the company’s supply chain for MDA AURORA™, a game-changing product line driving the transition from analog to digital satellite technology.
Innoflight will provide 400 end cryptographic units including 4 engineering development units and 396 flight units to launch on board 198 satellites. The MDA AURORA™ supply chain will help support product deliveries for anchor customer Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation Telesat Lightspeed, an innovative, advanced global network that will bring enterprise-class connectivity to customers worldwide.
“Innoflight is proud to join MDA Space’s team and the Telesat Lightspeed program. The KI-103’s product and volume production maturity for an end cryptographic unit is unprecedented in the space industry; this is the largest KI-103 order in Innoflight’s history, bringing the total number of units sold to nearly 1,000 units for U.S. Department of Defense and commercial missions,”
said Vincent Gagnon, Innoflight Chief Revenue Officer.
“Innoflight’s KI-103 and ‘crypto as a service’ approach greatly facilitates our space commercial customers to meet the requirements of the U.S. Government including CNSSP-12. Second to meeting cybersecurity standards, we have to help our customers execute fast and be efficient – we consider that throughout the entire lifecycle of our crypto products,”
said Jeff Janicik, Innoflight CEO and Founder.
Designed to meet the changing technical and business requirements of the satellite industry, the software-defined MDA AURORA™ product line provides operators with unparalleled flexibility and functionality, dramatically enhancing constellation performance at reduced cost and time to market.
About Innoflight
Innoflight is a Non-traditional Defense Contractor (NDC) founded in 2004. Innoflight offers state-of-the-art space avionics, including Communications & Networking Solutions, Cyber Security Solutions, Processing & Payload Interface Electronics Solutions, and Bus & Payload Integrated Avionics Solutions. Our core competency is secure Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) design through innovative implementation of modern Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technology in tandem with common standards and protocols that produce modular, high performance, yet low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) systems at competitive prices. Our products are qualified through an Innoflight rigorous process that includes parts reliability analysis and testing, system level fault tolerance, and radiation risk mitigation. Our customers include the U.S. Government and allies, major defense prime contractors, satellite bus providers, and new space developers. For more information, visit innoflight.com.
About MDA Space
Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX:MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 3,000 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that’s been in the company’s DNA since day one. For those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the stars to change the world for the better, we’ll take you there. For more information, visit mda.space.
