On January 6, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to make software specially designed to automate the analysis of geospatial imagery subject to the EAR and to impose a requirement of a license for the export and reexport of such software. The … Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (Canada) Acquired: DigitalGlobe, Inc. (US) Value: US$3.6 billion (C$4.7 billion) Industry: Telecommunications; Aerospace UPDATE: On September 28, 2017, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., the Canadian global communications and information company, and DigitalGlobe, Inc., a US based satellite imagery company, “announced that the Committee on Foreign Investment … Continue Reading
