COM DEV USA, LLC, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), has appointed Terry Rector to the position of Director, Business Development for National Security Space Programs. Mr. Rector will lead in identifying opportunities that leverage COM DEV’s international sensor heritage to provide solutions for US Government applications such as Space Situational Awareness and Space Weather. Rector brings nearly 25 years of experience in military and civilian space systems leadership to COM DEV USA. He retired from Air Force Space Command in 2000, and subsequently held senior management and engineering positions at BAE Systems, General Dynamics and most recently, Northrop Grumman.

COM DEV USA was launched in 2007 to respond to a need for a secure, stable and sophisticated domestic supplier to US Government programs. More than 30 years of space technology and industry know-how in the form of design software, processes, automation, management systems and business practices have been transferred to the new facility in El Segundo, California. COM DEV has assembled a team of highly experienced space industry professionals to exploit this technology as a US domestic supplier free from international export or security constraints.