Ultra Electronics

Ultra Electronics is an international group of business specialising in the design and manufacture of products and systems for the world’s aerospace and defence markets. The Group has over 45 years’ experience as a supplier of technically advanced products for civil and military applications. Ultra employs over 2500 people at its factories in the UK and North America. The Group comprises 18 autonomous businesses focused on providing innovative products and services for applications in niche market areas.

Ultra’s products are installed in a wide range of civil and military aircraft, ships, submarines, armoured vehicles and airports. Ultra supplies to prime contractors, system integrators and end users. Across its businesses, Ultra is able to offer a diversity of specialist technologies, products and services. Through close customer relationships, Ultra strives to fully understand customer requirements to deliver best “value for money” solutions.

Ultra concentrates on obtaining a technological edge in niche markets, with several of its products and technologies being market leaders in their field. Specialised areas of capability and expertise include:

Air and Land Systems

* Active noise and vibration control for reducing noise in aircraft cabins

* Aircraft landing gear control electronics

* Armoured vehicle electronics

* Data links

* Hands-on controls for aircraft cockpits, armoured vehicles and simulators – joysticks, control handles and throttles

* Harness conduit systems

* High integrity software systems including mission critical software

* High integrity switches, indicators and components

* High performance ‘on-board’ compressors

* High power transducers

* Internet-based shared data environments

* Propeller control electronics

* Secure communication networks

* Simulation equipment

* Sonobuoys, sonobuoy receivers and sonobuoy acoustic processors

Information and Sea Systems

* Airport and airline management systems

* Command and control – C4i

* Data fusion

* Data distribution systems

* Signature management control of naval vessels

* magnetic and acoustic measurement ranges

* degaussing systems

* signature prediction and analysis

* Sonar

* Torpedo countermeasures

* Geographically based – tactical information systems

* Specialised printers for access control and data recording

* Power conversion systems

* Contract manufacture

* Weapon interfacing electronics

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