For immediate release: June 10, 2003

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."



For more information, please contact:

Ted Schellenberg
Media Relations
MacDonald Dettwiler
Telephone: (604) 231-2215
E-mail: teds@mda.ca