COM DEV, based in Cambridge, Ontario is the largest Canadian-based designer and manufacturer of space hardware subsystems. COM DEV, with facilities in Canada and the United Kingdom, manufactures advanced products and subsystems that are sold to major satellite prime contractors for use in communications, space science, remote sensing and military satellites. The Company has been in business for 30 years and currently has 178 patents granted or pending. COM DEV completed its initial public offering in December, 1996 and shares in COM DEV trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CDV.

COM DEV designs and manufactures space-qualified microwave, optical and battery subsystems for communications and science satellites.

Specific products range from individual switches, multiplexers and surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices to complete scientific instruments and intersatellite links.

COM DEV technologies form the heart of communications satellite payloads by providing the critical transponder filtering and switching required by the satellite operator. Our hardware is also used on high-power television broadcast satellites and CDS products will soon provide on-board processing on the next generation multimedia Internet satellites. Our products are purchased by international satellite prime contractors.

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