[SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has announced that the company has been awarded a fully-funded contract valued at approximately $7.5 million to deliver passive microwave Ku-band equipment.

The manufacturer of space hardware subsystems’ Ku-band equipment will include multiplexers that are to be used on a high throughput communications satellite. The satellite is intended to provide broadcast and telecom services throughout Eastern Europe and Asia.

COM DEV microwave ancillary hardware

Work on the contract will be carried out at the Company's facility in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, with completion expected by May of 2015.

"This satellite, along with the order flow we been seeing recently, demonstrates the continued global demand for broadcast, data and telecom communications," said COM DEV President of International Products Mike Williams. "Our leading position in the commercial communications satellite industry and expertise in Ku-band and Ka-band technology makes COM DEV a key supplier to meet this demand."

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