Hyderabad-headquartered Astra Microwave Products has informed that it has secured an order worth Rs 25.5 crore from Indian Meteorological Department.

The contract involves supply, installation and commissioning of remote unmanned automatic weather stations at 550 locations across India.

The order is scheduled to be executed by year 2009.

Astra Microwave Products Limited designs, develops, and manufactures components and sub-systems for microwave wireless communications systems used in defense, space, and civilian applications.

The stock of the company is presently trading at Rs 56 on BSE. The stock touched an intraday high and low of Rs 60 and Rs 55 respectively.