Maxar says Raytheon workmanship issue will delay WorldView Legion program

By Marjorie Censer / May 11, 2021 at 1:00 PM
Maxar Technologies said earlier this month a workmanship issue will delay the company's WorldView Legion program. In a call with analysts last week, Dan Jablonsky, Maxar's chief executive, said the company is still making progress on the program, an imaging constellation that will replace its WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 satellites. However, he said there are two potential hitches. One is an "industry-wide issue with some aspects of Honeywell electronic components that have been identified and need to be corrected." "The entire...

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