• Source: Honeywell Aerospace, Cambridge

COM DEV International was a satellite technology, space sciences, and telecommunications company based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. The company had branches and offices in Ottawa, the United States, the United Kingdom, China and India.
COM DEV developed and manufactured specialized satellite systems, including microwave systems, switches, optical systems, specialized satellite antennas, as well as components for the aviation and aerospace industry. COM DEV also produced custom equipment designs for commercial, military and civilian purposes, as well as providing contract research for the space sciences.




History


COM DEV International was founded in 1974 and specialized in microwave technology for the aviation and aerospace industry. The company would go on to become a leader in space satellite componentry and hardware, specializing in telecommunication systems; 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.
In 2001, its space products division opened an approximate $7-million Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) development and manufacturing laboratory in its Cambridge facility.
In 2005, it purchased the EMS Technologies Space Science optical division in Ottawa, formerly CAL Corporation, from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates for $5 million.
In 2007, it purchased a Passive Microwave division in El Segundo, California, for $8.75 million. In 2010 it purchased Ottawa-based space instrument supplier Routes AstroEngineering for $1.7 million. Later that year, it established a subsidiary called exactEarth offering global ship tracking data services. In 2015, it purchased MESL Microwave of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also that year, it entered the waveguide market with the purchase of Pacific Wave Systems (PWS) of Garden Grove, California.
On November 15, 2015, Honeywell announced that it would acquire COM DEV, which would become part of Honeywell's Defense and Space business. On February 4, 2016, Honeywell announced that it had completed the acquisition, and COM DEV has since been renamed Honeywell Cambridge.




Products


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


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 Startracker
Odin (Satellite) Odin-OSIRIS Instrument
Herschel Space Observatory HIFI Local oscillator Source Unit
Jason-1 CALTRAC Startrackers
Genesis (spacecraft) CALTRAC Startrackers
Formosat-2 CALTRAC 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.




Research and development



COM DEV provided research and development work in aeronautics and space technology. Many modules of the company are used in many well-known space probes and satellites. COM DEV was known for cooperating with major space agencies, including NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), JAXA, Indian Space Research Organisation and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).




See also


Boeing Canada
Bombardier Aerospace
Canadian Space Agency
CMC Electronics
Héroux-Devtek
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
Spar Aerospace
Viking Air




References


Citations

Bibliography

Com Dev - Corporate
Com Dev - Financial Results 2012, accessed on 12 November 2013 (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Com Dev Fine Guidance Sensor for the James Webb Space Telescope, accessed on November 12, 2013




External links


Official website Com DEV - Corporate Website (English)
Satellite Industry Association

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