County Durham-based Filtronic plc, a designer and manufacturer of products for the aerospace, defence, space and telecoms infrastructure markets, announced a new contract win to supply high-performance modules for an airborne radar application with Leonardo, its lead defence customer.

“The new order, valued at £0.8 million, expands the product offering of critical components supplied for Leonardo’s state-of-the-art Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system,” said Filtronic.

“It is anticipated the order will be fulfilled in H2 of the next financial year and the modules will be manufactured at the Company’s new highly automated state-of-the-art hybrid microelectronics manufacturing operation in Sedgefield, County Durham.”

Filtronic CEO Nat Edington said: “We are pleased to be able to extend our relationship with such a valued customer which reflects their continued confidence in our ability to deliver this new and challenging programme.

“Defence is a critical market for the execution of our growth plans and this ongoing long-term relationship with Leonardo is testament to Filtronic’s strong track record of collaboration and successful project delivery with a respected defence prime.”