For immediate release: April 24, 2007

MDA Offers UK Home Information Pack Consumer Financing Solution

Richmond, B.C. - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it is providing a seamless consumer finance solution that enhances its Home Information Pack (HIP) offering.

MDA's HIP finance solution is available to any MDA HIP distributor that chooses to offer it to its customers. As an integral component of the MDA HIP ordering process, the financing can be activated easily when processing a customer order, eliminating most of the distributor administration and customer application process. MDA's finance solution means that HIP affordability need not be a factor in the decision to immediately list a property for sale.

The innovative finance solution complements the comprehensive HIP product offering and extensive distribution network MDA has put in place in preparation for the June 1, 2007 compulsion date.

About MDA

MDA provides advanced information solutions that capture and process vast amounts of data, produce essential information, and improve the decision making and operational performance of business and government organizations worldwide.

Focused on markets and customers with strong repeat business potential, MDA delivers a broad spectrum of earth and space based information solutions, ranging from complex operational systems, to tailored information services, to electronic information products.

MDA employs more than 3,000 people in locations across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The Company's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TSX:MDA.

Related Websites:
www.mdacorporation.com

Forward-Looking Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements and information, which reflect the current view of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. with respect to future events and financial performance. Any such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and MDA's actual results of operations could differ materially from historical results or current expectations. Additional information on these and other potential factors that could affect MDA's financial results are detailed in documents filed from time to time with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the form or content of this release.



For more information, please contact:

Wendy Keyzer
External Relations
MDA
Telephone: 604-231-2743
E-mail: wendy@mdacorporation.com