Filtronic PLC (LON:FTC) shares jumped in early trading Friday as it secured a multi-year agreement with a European defence contractor to supply microwave modules for use in aerospace radar systems.
The AIM-listed antenna maker said under the agreement it would manufacture and test the modules at its advanced mmWave centre in Sedgefield.
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The contract is anticipated to have a potential value of between £3mln and £5.7mln depending on the final volumes delivered over the duration of the agreement.
Rob Smith, chief executive of Filtronic, said: “We have worked hard to develop opportunities in the defence and aerospace market and this contract flows from the successful ramp of our other defence contracts. This further underwrites our growing credibility in this important market."
Shares were up 8.2% at 21.2p.