type limited corporation industry aerospace components telecommunications founded 1974 founder dr. val o donovan dr. chandra kudsia 1 headquarters cambridge ontario canada key people michael pley ceo 2010 gary calhoun cfo 2002 dr. roberta bondar board member 2008 terry reidel chair michael williams com dev international products 2 products aerospace research and manufacturing space sciences telecommunication products website com dev international com dev international is a satellite technology space sciences and telecommunications company with headquarters in cambridge ontario canada . the company has branches and offices in ottawa the united states the united kingdom china and india . com dev develops and manufactures specialized satellite systems including microwave systems switches optical systems specialized satellite antennas as well as components for the aviation and aerospace industry . the company produces custom equipment designs for commercial military and civilian purposes as well as providing contract research for the space sciences . contents 1 history 2 products 3 projects 4 research and development 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the company was founded in 1974 and specialized in microwave technology for the aviation and aerospace industry . com dev has gone on to become a leader in space satellite componentry and hardware specializing in telecommunication systems 3 and has since become a global designer and builder of telecommunication components and systems for space satellites as well as one of canada s largest sources of spacecraft instrumentation . 4 in 2001 its space products division opened an approximate 7m surface acoustic wave saw development and manufacturing laboratory in its cambridge facility . 5 in 2005 it purchased the ems technologies space science optical division in ottawa formerly cal corporation from macdonald dettwiler and associates for 5m . 6 in 2007 it purchased a passive microwave division in el segundo california for 8.75 m. 7 in 2010 it purchased ottawa based space instrument supplier routes astroengineering for 1.7 m. 8 in 2010 it established a subsidiary called exactearth tm offering global ship tracking data services . 9 in 2015 it purchased mesl microwave of edinburgh scotland . 10 in 2015 it entered the waveguide market with the purchase of pacific wave systems pws of garden grove california . 11 products edit since the 1990s the company has manufactured components for satellites including telemetry communication and control modules multiplexer mux switching networks and filters crossovers for microwave modulators regulators surface acoustic wave filters assemblies for airline telecommunications special satellite antennas projects edit the company has developed and built satellites assemblies or components for over 900 satellite missions including sapphire satellite optical imaging payload swarm spacecraft canadian electric field instrument exactview 1 terra satellite mopitt instrument cassiope e pop radio receiver instrument dextre force moment sensors upper atmosphere research satellite windii instrument far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer fine error sensor scisat 1 maestro instrument and caltrac tm startracker odin satellite odin osiris instrument herschel space observatory hifi local oscillator source unit jason 1 caltrac tm startrackers genesis spacecraft caltrac tm startrackers formosat 2 caltrac tm startrackers nozomi spacecraft thermal plasma analyser akebono satellite suprathermal ion mass spectrometer freja satellite cold gas analyser and auroral imager interbol ultraviolet auroral imager viking satellite ultraviolet imager cloudsat meteosat upcoming missions include maritime monitoring and messaging micro satellite m3msat james webb space telescope jwst fine guidance sensor and near infrared imaging and slitless spectrograph past projects have also included an automatic identification system ais validation nanosatellite launched on an antrix pslv c9 vehicle from the satish dhawan space centre in sriharikota india in april 2008 . the ais experimental spacecraft was built under contract by the university of toronto institute for aerospace studies utias space flight laboratory sfl which also designated with the responsibility for its operation . 12 research and development edit the company provides research and development work in aeronautics and space technology . many modules of the company are used in many well known space probes and satellites . the company cooperates with major space agencies including nasa the european space agency esa jaxa indian space research organisation and the canadian space agency csa . see also edit boeing canada bombardier aerospace canadian space agency cmc electronics h roux devtek macdonald dettwiler and associates spar aerospace viking air references edit citations com dev space pioneer contributes mcmaster university faculty of engineering march 5 2010 . com dev international ltd. reuters.com website . national defense and com dev international to further develop satellite communications technology government of canada department of national defense october 13 1998 project number nr 98.081 . brief from com dev canada government of canada committee hearing wd5138047 . williams david . com dev space opens new saw lab . satellite today may 24 2001 . retrieved july 17 2014 via highbeam.com com dev acquires former ems technologies division nov. 23 2005 . retrieved oct. 16 2014 com dev announces official launch of us operations may 22 2007 . retrieved oct. 16 2014 com dev buys ottawa based subcontractor routes astroengineering for 1.7 m april 6 2010 . retrieved oct. 16 2014 com dev established subsidiary exactearth to offer space based ais services starting in 2010 june 10 2009 . retrieved oct. 16 2014 com dev announces acquisition of mesl microwave com dev acquires pacific wave systems com dev launches advanced space based ais validation nanosatellite spaceref.com 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