MDA Wins Military Space Contract

Richmond, B.C. ..... MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) announced today that the company has been awarded the first phase of a multi-million dollar contract by a prime contractor in the United States to work on a military demonstrator satellite.

The first phase of the contract awarded to MDA subsidiary MD Robotics is valued at $1.45 million (U.S.)

MDA President and CEO Dan Friedmann said: "Our strategic plan is to expand from manned space markets into a number of new markets, including unmanned operations in space. This is our second key win in this field, after the Orbital Express project announced last year."

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