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RNS Number : 4408I  Petards Group PLC  21 November 2025

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21 November 2025
 
 
PETARDS GROUP PLC ("Petards" or the "Group")
 

Contract extension

 

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security, communication and
surveillance systems, announces that its subsidiary, Petards Joyce-Loebl
(PJL), has been awarded a contract extension worth £0.65 million by the
Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the continued support of Royal Air Force (RAF)
communication infrastructure.

 

The contract is a three-year extension to an existing support contract to
supply core maintenance support, with the potential for additional tasking and
repair services, on various Royal Air Force (RAF) stations in the UK and
overseas.

 

While there is no contractually committed value for the additional tasking and
repair activities, Petards anticipates that the related future revenues
arising over the three-year contract term potentially increasing the total
contract value to in excess of £1 million.

 

Support under this contract commences this month and will run until November
2028.

Petards Chairman Raschid Abdullah said;

"We are absolutely delighted that the MOD has awarded this contract extension
to Petards and we look forward to continuing to work in partnership with its
team to deliver this contract.

 

Government contracts such as this are important in supporting SMEs such as
Petards, supporting UK based jobs and the retention of valuable specialist
skills required for the UK to maintain independent capabilities in key
industry sectors such as defence and helping support the local economy.

 

The contract continues our long established relationship for the provision and
support of the RAF's communications infrastructure and adds to the Group's
order book for its defence services."

 

 

Contacts:

 

 Petards Group plc                              www.petards.com (http://www.petards.com)
 Raschid Abdullah, Chairman                     Mb:  07768 905 004

 Zeus, Nomad and Joint Broker
 Mike Coe / Darshan Patel (Investment Banking)  Tel:  020 3829 5000

 Hybridan LLP, Joint Broker                     www.hybridan.com (http://www.hybridan.com)
 Claire Louise Noyce                            Tel:  020 3764 2341

                                                claire.noyce@hybridan.com

 

 

 

Notes to editors:

 

Petards Defence is a division of Petards Joyce-Loebl (PJL), an SME based in
the North East of England. We are expert in the development of high quality
and reliable defence technology and our lineage in the UK defence sector dates
back to the 1950s.  PJL's principal facility in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear,
employs a highly skilled and experienced team of 45 engineers, technicians and
support staff, encouraging the maintenance of highly skilled jobs in a
traditional manufacturing region.

 

Having supplied and supported many equipment types over its long history,
Petards Defence is uniquely placed to provide the critical range of specialist
skills required by the defence sector to support the equipment used by the
UK's armed forces.  It has established a strong reputation for being a
responsive, flexible and reliable partner in delivering challenging military
programmes.  Petards Defence excels in the disciplines of Communications
Information Systems, Ruggedised Electronic Control Systems, Integrated
Logistic Support and in the provision of Engineering Services to UK MOD and
its prime contractors.

 

https://www.petards.com/our-solutions/defence-services/
(https://www.petards.com/our-solutions/defence-services/)

 

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