COM DEV Selected to Design the Next Generation of
Satellite Payload for Global Search and Rescue

COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV), a leading
manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, announced that it has won a contract to begin work on the development of an advanced satellite payload that will be used in the next
generation of the global search and rescue system known as Cospas-Sarsat.

The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada has awarded a contract to COM DEV initially worth CDN $4.7 million for the first phase of the Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) Project. COM DEV's role is to design and develop a repeater that Canada plans to provide as a payload on the next generation of the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) constellation.

The work is expected to last 15 months and it will be carried out at the Company's Cambridge and Ottawa facilities. The contract includes a $14 million option to extend the development work to produce a fully-integrated prototype MEOSAR repeater for test and space qualification.

COM DEV began the development of its MEOSAR technology in 2008 under a cost-shared R&D project with the Canadian Space Agency. Canada's National Search and Rescue Secretariat then provided additional R&D support through its Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund because it was recognised that MEOSAR payload technology would help to improve the capabilities of Canada's national search and rescue system. This new GPS MEOSAR Project will benefit from these previous R&D investments by both COM DEV and the Canadian Government