Filtronic boosts order book with £6 million deal

A technology firm supporting headline space projects has secured a fresh £6 million contract.

Filtronic is set to supply parts to an unnamed US customer.

Bosses say the company, based at NETPark, in Sedgefield, County Durham, will design and make amplifiers, which will “expand its offering in satellite communications”.

They add the deal will begin this month and is expected to complete next year.

The agreement builds on a bumper period for Filtronic, which earlier this year revealed record demand leaves it positioned for “accelerated growth”.

The business counts a string of multi-million-pound contracts with operators including Elon Musk’s SpaceX in its order book, with its production lines also set to support a European aerospace firm on a low Earth orbit satellite constellation programme.

Agreements also cover a £13.4 million deal to supply parts for an electronic sensor system, and a defence agreement with Leonardo to provide “critical components” for radar systems.

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