Petards to supply comms equipment to UK
Petards has received contracts to provide communications equipment and services to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The contracts are worth a total of £1.5 million and will see the company deliver radio equipment and engineering support services, the majority of which are anticipated to be delivered during the first half of 2018.
Raschid Abdullah, chairman, Petards Group, said: ‘Petards continues to be very proud of its unbroken 18 year relationship with the MoD in this field.
‘We believe that the consistently high levels of customer service through our enabling agreement, together with our independently audited accreditations and expertise in supporting the MoD has again been recognised through the award of these contracts.’
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