TPC funds COM DEV and Indal R&D projects

Guest Contributor
May 28, 2001

Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) has made modest investments in two established aerospace and defence firms to advance technology development already underway. COM DEV Ltd has received $2.5 million to accelerate development of its proprietary high frequency surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter technology that enables telecommunications firms to process signals acoustically instead of digitally. The Cambridge ON-based firm has also developed tools to design SAW filters and the funding will help it advance the necessary manufacturing and processing of the devices. SAW components are made using a photolithographic process similar to that of integrated circuits. Mississauga ON-based Indal Technologies Inc has received $2.9 million in TPC funding to develop its wireless aircraft handling system (WAHS) technology. The funding will help to move the firm’s sustaining engineering development activities to a higher level. Ship modernization and marine helicopter programs worldwide require more advanced technologies as ships have smaller flight decks and require more precise landing systems. Indal is a wholly owned subsidiary of UK-based Novar plc, which employs 1,250 people in Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver….


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