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Maxar Splits Space Infrastructure and Intelligence into 2 Businesses

By Rachel Jewett

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

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Maxar Splits Space Infrastructure and Intelligence into 2 Businesses

Maxar’s headquarters. Photo: DigitalGlobe

Maxar Technologies is reorganizing into two businesses, splitting the company into Maxar Space Infrastructure and Maxar Intelligence. A representative for the company confirmed the move in a statement to sister publication Via Satellite on Thursday. Space News first reported the story yesterday. The company’s current CEO Dan Jablonsky will lead Maxar Intelligence as interim CEO and Chris Johnson will lead Maxar Space Infrastructure as CEO. Johnson, previously president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, has been with Maxar since April 2021. “This…

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