API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, announced the receipt of a new $1.6 million award to provide microwave filters and switched filters to a leading global defense company. These high reliability filters will be used in a major airborne electronic warfare (EW) platform.

“Our customers in the electronic warfare arena demand products that address a broad set of technical requirements with unparalleled performance and reliability,” said Bel Lazar, president and chief executive officer, API Technologies. “As a supplier to both emerging and existing EW platforms, our products are helping save the lives of warfighters from our armed forces and allies around the world every day.”

API Technologies is a trusted product supplier to the world’s most advanced EW systems and platforms. The Company’s EW product offering spans RF and microwave, microelectronics, and electromagnetic solutions.  To learn more about API Technologies’ solutions for electronic warfare platforms, visit http://micro.apitech.com/markets/electronic-warfare. To explore API’s microwave filter offering, go to http://micro.apitech.com/filters.