Filtronic strikes deal to supply radios to new defence customer

County Durham connectivity manufacturer Filtronic has struck a major defence deal that will see it supply battlefield radios to a new client.

The contract has been signed with a major defence customer, who has agreed to pay more than £1m for the radio equipment.

Filtronic – which is based near Leeds and has a manufacturing site at Sedgefield, County Durham – specialises in manufacturing hardware for the critical communications, wireless telecom and aerospace and defence markets from its site at NETPark, Sedgefield.

Source: Chronicle Live