Canada's MDA Space pushing for more global defence, aerospace contracts in sovereign-dominated industries

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The space shuttle Columbia launched for the second time from the Kennedy Space Centre in November 1981, but this time it carried a 15-metre-long, L-shaped robotic arm emblazoned with the word “Canada” on it and the red-and-white national flag.Known as the Canadarm, it was designed and built by M