COM DEV wins $12-million CASSIOPE contract from MDA

COM DEV International Ltd has received a $12-million contract from MacDonald Wettwiler & Associates Ltd (MDA) for an information delivery subsystem for the CASSIOPE space research mission. The contract for Ka-band communication technology is the first major contract between the two companies. MDA funding was provided by the Canadian Space Agency which is investing heavily in CASSIOPE. The satellite —the first of a new generation of small satellites — will allow large amounts of information to be deliv