Com Dev Signs Multimillion-Dollar HTS Contract
By Caleb Henry | August 7, 2014
View of a Com Dev multiplexer. Photo: Com Dev
[Via Satellite 08-07-2014] Com Dev International has been awarded an Authorization and Proceed (ATP) contract for C- and Ku-band multiplexers and coaxial and waveguide switches for a customer’s high throughput satellite. The ATP allocates $5.6 million in initial funding to begin the process of procurement and engineering activities. Com Dev anticipates the customer will sign the full contract by the end of August 2014 at a total value of more than $11 million.
Com Dev will manufacture the ordered devices at its facilities in Cambridge, Ontario and El Segundo, Calif. The company expects to complete the project by October 2015.