Ultra Electronics Holdings plc

Ultra Electronics is a group of specialist businesses designing, manufacturing and supporting electronic and electromechanical systems, sub-systems and products for defence, security and aerospace applications worldwide.

Ultra, which employs 3,000 people in the UK and North America, focuses on high integrity sensing, control, communication and display systems with an emphasis on integrated Information Technology solutions. The Group concentrates on obtaining a technological edge in niche markets, with many of its products and technologies being market leaders in their field.

Ultra’s products and services are used on aircraft, ships, submarines, armoured vehicles, surveillance and communication systems, airports and transport systems around the world. Ultra plays an important role in supporting prime contractors by undertaking specialist system and sub-system integration using the combined expertise of the Group businesses.

Ultra is a world-leading aerospace and defence electronics company providing specialist products to customers across the globe. Ultra’s status is demonstrated by the Group’s involvement in so many of the major defence programmes in the UK, USA and around the world. Ultra is winning contracts for integrated systems of ever increasing size, often involving a number of different Group businesses. The heart of the Group’s success continues to be its ability to expand its order book coupled with successful programme implementation culminating in the delivery to our customers of niche products and solutions using Ultra’s differentiated technologies. Growth has been achieved through continued investment in new products, teaming arrangements to gain access to technologies and markets and through carefully selected strategic acquisitions. The equivalent of twenty per cent of Group turnover is expended in research and development activities to develop advanced technology solutions to customers’ problems. Ultra strives to maintain strategic supplier’ status with its customers by providing ‘best value for money’ solutions.