MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) provides information solutions that capture and process data, produce essential information, and improve the decision-making and operational performance of business and government organizations worldwide. MDA’s information solutions address all aspects of the information life cycle, including data collection, data processing and management, information extraction, information distribution, and ultimately decision making. The Company operates through two principal reporting units: Information Products and Information Systems. Information Products provides commercial and residential land and property related information solutions, primarily for the financial services sector, and geospatial information solutions for the surveillance and intelligence sector. Information Systems provides ground-based and space-based information. In September 2009, the engineers association (SPATEA) of its Brampton, Ontario operations withdrew its services.