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Ultra Electronics is an internationally successful DEFENCE & AEROSPACE , SECURITY & CYBER , TRANSPORT and ENERGY company with a long, consistent track record of development and growth. Ultra businesses constantly innovate to create solutions to customer requirements that are different from and better than those of the Group’s competitors. By applying these differentiated solutions to a wide range of international platforms and programmes, Ultra has built an exceptionally broad range of specialist capability areas. Where the Group has a number of complementary capabilities it can also combine these to offer wider solutions. Furthermore, the products, capabilities and the associated domain expertise uniquely position Ultra to be able to provide system and sub-system solutions. These solutions are underpinned by through-life management support offerings that ensure the capabilities are delivered and sustained in-service. The Group has an active programme of reinvestment of funds to strengthen its capabilities in its specialist markets. Ultra offers support to its customers through the design, delivery and support phases of a programme. Ultra’s businesses have a high degree of operational autonomy so that they provide exceptionally agile and responsive support to customers and partners normally associated with a smaller business. These benefits of customer focus and agility are augmented by the access to wider and complementary technology and expertise that lies elsewhere in the Group and by Ultra’s strong financial position.
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Ultra’s deep understanding of its specialist capability areas combined with knowledge of the customer environment is a key factor in delivering innovative solutions to meet the customer need.
sectors and then investing to create differentiated positions in them. Ultra’s ever broadening range of specialist market positions and growing geographic reach drives the Group’s growth momentum.
Ultra is constantly repositioning itself in high growth sectors within its main Defence & Aerospace, Security & Cyber, Transport and Energy markets. The Group has demonstrated a long track record of identifying future high growth market
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DEFENCE & AEROSPACE Ultra supplies advanced electronic and electrical systems and equipment to defence forces around the world. The Group innovates to provide specialist capabilities that are superior to the threat and that are closely matched to the customers environment and need.
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SECURITY & CYBER Driven by the actions of rogue states, terrorist groups and organised crime, governments worldwide are focusing expenditure preferentially on addressing these challenges. Both government functions and commercial enterprises are faced with threats from the cyber domain. Ultra provides highly differentiated systems and capabilities to the broad security, intelligence and cyber market that meet these needs. Ultra has highly specialised capabilities in secure communications, networks and high-grade cryptographic equipment, key management systems and surveillance and intelligence gathering systems.
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Demand in all areas of mass transport is being driven by rising populations, nation building spurred on by rapid growth in the world’s developing economies and investment in aging infrastructure in developed countries. Ultra provides specialist software, systems and equipment for use in mass passenger transport systems. This includes high integrity real-time controls for civil aircraft, advanced IT solutions for modern airports and trackside power equipment for transit rail systems.
Countries around the world are addressing the strategic need to have secure access to increasing amounts of low carbon energy. Ultra has a range of safety critical sensors and controls used in existing and new build nuclear reactors. The Group has innovative portable energy sources powered by readily available propane gas. Ultra also has specialist sensors, derived from defence applications, which are highly effective at hydrocarbon mapping in the underwater environment.
Over the last two decades, Ultra has expanded and developed its international footprint and now has significant operations in Europe, North America, Middle East and
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Ultra’s independence allows it to work with the world’s major prime contractors in its markets and to sell its wide portfolio of specialist capabilities to a broad range of customers around the world.
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Ultra’s broad range of specialist capabilities
The Group is organised into five divisions*: Aircraft & Vehicle Systems, Airport & Power Systems, Information & Intelligence Systems, Tactical Systems and Sonar & Undersea Systems.
Ultra focuses on developing specialist capabilities that provide differentiated solutions to customers’ requirements. Across the Group’s businesses there are more than 180 of these specialist capabilities spread across eight core capability areas. The eight capability areas are:
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Ultra’s five divisions deliver specialist solutions across the eight key capabilities detailed in previous pages: AEROSPACE SYSTEMS, MARITIME BATTLESPACE, LAND BATTLESPACE, COMMUNICATIONS, INTELLIGENCE & SURVEILLANCE, SECURITY & CYBER, ENERGY & RESOUCES and AIRPORT SYSTEMS & MASS TRANSPORT.
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Ultra’s core capabilities
DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AEROSPACE SYSTEMS Ultra provides innovative electronic, electro-mechanical, mechanical and software solutions for the most challenging of aircraft requirements. structural anomalies, including cracks, in various types of material. These systems are used in a ground based test environment or fitted to legacy fleet aircraft to provide continuous monitoring of structural integrity. Ultra supplies a wide selection of high reliability temperature sensors.
MANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS Ultra is a world leader in high integrity electronic systems for military and civil aerospace applications. These range from airframe control systems, landing gear control systems and active noise cancellation and vibration control systems that enable quieter cabins. Ultra has developed pioneering electro-thermal ice protection systems for the wing leading edge and engine intake of civil airliners and military fighter jets. Ultra supplies systems for the detection and monitoring of
AVIONICS Ultra offers a number of aircraft instrumentation products for the general aviation and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) markets, from engine power management systems to flight instrumentation. Ultra provides hand control systems, grips and joysticks for use in aircraft cockpits and for training and simulation applications. AIRCRAFT WEAPON SYSTEMS Ultra’s airborne compressors provide a continuous source of high pressure pure air to cool the infrared seekers of an aircraft’s missiles, keeping
them ready for action. Ultra’s systems also provide a controllable energy source for pneumatic ejection of aircraft munitions whilst meeting the emerging requirement for launching increased quantities of smart munitions. UNMANNED AIRBORNE VEHICLE (UAV) SYSTEMS Ultra’s advanced Human Machine Interface (HMI) equipment is used in control suites and portable control systems for UAVs. Ultra’s specialist power capabilities also include multi-fuel UAV engines and propane-powered fuel cells that have increased UAV availability by four times. Capabilities also include pneumatic energy storage and distribution devices for wing deployment and other actuation applications on UAVs. Ultra provides heading reference sensors to numerous UAV programmes.
LAND BATTLESPACE Ultra has experience of providing innovative systems and equipment for rugged applications in the land battlespace. Ultra also supplies a host of secure communications, command and control and data collection systems suitable for UAV deployment. MISSION SUPPORT Ultra is equipping the UK’s Typhoon and Tornado aircraft with the latest version of Ultra's airborne reconnaissance and targeting pod, providing the aircraft with vital reconnaissance (including video data link) and air-to-ground capabilities including the ability to laser designate a target for attack. Ultra supplies automatic portable test equipment and harnesses for integrity validation, safety testing and calibration of fixed and rotary wing aircraft fuel, databus and electronic filtering systems. Ultra also offers a number of through life support services such as obsolescence management, condition based monitoring and maintenance, repair and overhaul services.
MARITIME BATTLESPACE Ultra continues to develop advanced systems to meet the challenges of the modern maritime battlespace. MANNED NAVAL VESSEL SYSTEMS Ultra is a world leader in acoustic systems, equipment and products, including advanced sonar, anti-submarine warfare and torpedo defence systems. Ultra’s specialist communications and electronic warfare solutions, including a range of command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (C4ISTAR) systems encompassing data-links, data fusion and battlespace awareness capabilities, are used by navies around the world. Ultra is also a leader in signature management and control for ships and submarines as well as nuclear reactor control and instrumentation systems. Ultra has innovative capabilities in power dense motor drives for naval vessels, enabling electric cruise propulsion and gas turbine electric start systems.
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UNMANNED NAVAL SYSTEMS Ultra has a number of specialist capabilities for unmanned naval systems, including HMI equipment, propulsion systems, specialist sensor arrays and mine countermeasure solutions. NAVAL WEAPON SYSTEMS Ultra offers a family of surface ship combat management and mission systems that integrate sensors and effectors/weapons to provide picture compilation, tactical analysis, decision making, response and engagement solutions. The system utilises advanced sensors and processors comprised of military and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modules, to provide cost effective and scalable solutions for different ship classes and applications. Ultra also provides and supports the weapon interface electronics for tube-launched torpedoes and missiles on all of the Royal Navy’s submarines.
WEAPON SYSTEMS Ultra provides rifle-mounted gunshot detection systems capable of informing a soldier of the location and distance of enemy fire. Ultra supplies electro-optical solutions for a broad range of applications, including fire control. Ultra offers a number of magneto inductive signalling products for remote detonation and fire control systems. Utilising AC magnetic signals, communication links can be established directly through intervening media not penetrable by radio waves. MANNED VEHICLE SYSTEMS Ultra specialises in vehicle electronic architecture and offers information and power management systems for armoured vehicles. Applications include utilities management of the electrical power sub-system, situational awareness and battery monitoring and management. Ultra’s advanced HMI equipment is used
throughout the vehicle and includes controls for drivers, gunners and commanders. Ultra can provide integrated Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) either as discrete systems or as a broader control and monitoring system, including aspects such as radiation monitoring. Ultra’s specialist communications equipment can be used to transmit voice, video and data securely across the battlefield from the vehicle. UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE (UGV) SYSTEMS Ultra has a number of specialist capabilities for UGVs, including HMI equipment, propane-powered fuel cells capable of powering UGVs and secure data link systems. SOLDIER SYSTEMS Ultra provides a range of handheld command, control, communications and computer (C4) systems for the
dismounted soldier. Ultra’s propane-powered fuel cells are small enough to replace large amounts of batteries carried by the warfighter on operations. Ultra’s mGO portable oxygen generator is capable of providing medical grade oxygen at the point of need to support battlefield casualties, eliminating the need for cumbersome cylinder-based alternatives. LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT Ultra's multitude of communications products can transmit voice, video and data securely across the battlefield. Ultra has software solutions that maximise the effectiveness of battlefield sensors and their deployment through geographic data mapping systems. This software can also be used to model and plan detection and surveillance missions.
COMMUNICATIONS Ultra is a world-leading supplier of tactical communication equipment and systems that enable the provision of accurate and timely data across the battlefield. MISSION SUPPORT Ultra has a range of innovative mission support capabilities, encompassing long range acoustic hailing, situational awareness systems and HMI solutions. Ultra provides effective formal logistic support needed by the warfighter.
SATELLITE SYSTEMS Ultra has developed a range of fixed, mobile and transportable satellite earth stations, or satcom terminals, offered in several forms that operate in the most commonly used frequency bands for satellite communications. Ultra's satellite communications systems are suitable for both defence and civil applications. RADIO SYSTEMS Ultra integrates a carefully selected blend of commercial information technology and reliable high-capacity military radio technology to provide high quality communications solutions to meet today’s fighting forces’ command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) requirements. Ultra provides integrated, ruggedised C4ISR system solutions incorporating only best-of-breed technologies including line-of-sight radio, encryption, Wi-Fi and WiMAX capabilities.
COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTERS Ultra specialises in the development and supply of software-based data fusion and visualisation systems that aid battlespace awareness. Ultra also provides critical tactical data exchange capabilities to naval, land and airborne users and is one of the world's leading tactical data link system providers. Ultra has developed an airborne tactical communications pod capable of providing a lightweight, scalable, joint warfighter aerial communications gateway system to solve the most common battlefield communications problems. Leveraging the Group’s expertise in both human factors engineering and traditional hand controls, Ultra has developed control systems to interface effectively with the brigade
as well as individual mission assets whether those are manned or unmanned vehicles, weapon systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) or situational awareness (SA) systems including UAVs and unattended sensors as well as networked communications. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICE Ultra offers network communications equipment that guarantees the quality of realtime voice, video and mission critical data on congested communications links. Ultra’s service delivery manager provides guaranteed quality of service, legacy-over-IP transport and secure data over wireless IP networks.
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Ultra’s core capabilities
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INTELLIGENCE & SURVEILLANCE Ultra supports military and civil customers around the world with its specialist communications intercept, situational awareness and electronic warfare capabilities. DATA INTERCEPT Ultra offers turnkey communications surveillance systems used for the lawful intercept of communication traffic, integrating proprietary and commercial-off-the-shelf data analytic tools to manage large volumes of data from mobile, fixed line and broadband networks. Ultra’s speaker identification systems enable identification by gender and spoken language and allow for continuous target tracking through telephone signalling metadata. WIRELESS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS Ultra specialises in wireless surveillance and protection systems for applications such as critical infrastructure area and perimeter monitoring and network intrusion detection. COMINT/ELINT/SIGNT SYSTEMS Ultra’s electronic warfare solutions enable customers to monitor, analyse
and observe communications and radar signals at all frequencies and are available for use in airborne, naval and ground applications. In addition, when necessary, countermeasures can be deployed.
interest and associated data. Through Ultra’s visualisation and analysis tools, these patterns can be interpreted and displayed to give a more intuitive understanding of the operational picture.
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS Ultra specialises in radar processing/tracking and the integration of radar, electro-optic and other sensor systems to provide a situational awareness mapping system for military and civil customers alike. Ultra’s situational awareness management systems offer sensor systems integration capabilities for applications such as forward operating base protection, force protection and critical national infrastructure protection.
Ultra, through the integration of its unique solutions and its expertise with sensors, tactical data links, decision aids, weather, geospatial information management, visualisation and analysis, is able to deliver unparalleled situational awareness and decision making tools to customers. These solutions simplify, enrich and share battle-space awareness for military and civil customers at both at tactical and strategic levels. These tools support users in effectively planning and executing complex and critical operations at all levels of the command structure.
Ultra has proven tools that can collect and then analyse communications for patterns related to voice biometrics, location, networks, communities of
SYSTEMS PROTECTION Ultra is a highly experienced provider of cryptographic equipment, from the unique requirements of high grade cryptography through to commercial grade secure network solutions. Ultra also has expert key management capabilities, which
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conform with both UK and overseas practices and standards.
MASS TRANSIT Ultra supplies high quality DC power products for traction applications to transit authorities around the world. Ultra can supply both substation equipment (including transformer rectifier units) as well as complete turnkey DC substations. Ultra’s electrical and mechanical designs are commercially competitive, based on decades of refinement, supported by cutting edge software tools and fully
BAGGAGE SYSTEMS Ultra’s airport infrastructure capabilities include enhanced baggage tracking as well as extensive disruption handling capabilities, including the advanced reflighting system currently in use in the world’s busiest transfer airport. Ultra’s baggage systems are augmented by an aircraft load control system, designed to ensure that baggage is loaded onto an aircraft in a way that keeps the aircraft balanced. PASSENGER SYSTEMS Ultra enables many airlines to share the same airport workstations and peripherals, maximising efficient use of airport resources. It is scalable to any number of workstations distributed over local or wide area
networks, and includes quick and easy remote deployment at locations such as downtown check-in, hotels and rail stations. This capability is also available as a service model, allowing rapid deployment of new platforms at entire airports. This hosted service delivers significant advantages going forwards: total cost of ownership is driven down owing to ease of deployment, management and support, and energy costs themselves are significantly reduced via use of thinclient devices. AIRPORT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Ultra’s technology can remotely monitor and control the status of assets across the airport, including electricity distribution, water treatment plant and road infrastructure as well as managing building systems within
the airport terminal. Ultra provides comprehensive facilities for the display of flight related information on a variety of public and staff display devices. More than just an easy-to-use Flight Information Display System (FIDS), Ultra’s systems support the display of flight, gate, baggage and retail information as well as visual paging. MASTER SYSTEMS INTEGRATION Ultra is a Master Systems Integrator of communications, security and business systems for transport infrastructure programmes. To deliver the turnkey integration of disparate technologies into a live system of systems, Ultra integrates the activities of systems design, installation and commissioning with those of constructors and operators to safeguard the programme for operational trials.
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SECURITY & CYBER Ultra provides high integrity security solutions for physical and cyber threats. INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY Ultra integrates a broad range of its specialist capabilities to provide protection from physical and cyber threats to critical national infrastructure. This includes situational awareness systems for perimeter, coastal and border surveillance; communications products allowing the secure transmission of voice, video and data throughout an installation and further afield; protection from cyber threats to IT systems and networks; and secure ID card printers for local access control measures.
AIRPORT SYSTEMS & MASS TRANSPORT Ultra is a world leader in power systems for mass transport and IT systems for airports, with the capability to act as Master Systems Integrator on large airport construction projects.
ENERGY & RESOURCES Ultra’s specialist capabilities enable many of the high integrity and safety critical systems found in energy applications worldwide. include secure key distribution and the only NSA-approved Type 1 black remote rekey solution. Ultra is the only non-US company to provide high grade cryptographic equipment, used to secure information at the highest levels, to the US government. Ultra is providing the next generation of programmable crypto and key management systems to the UK. PROACTIVE DEFENCE Ultra’s DarkNode™ technology provides military-grade critical systems protection that cannot be pinged, hacked or compromised, while enabling information transport across commercial networks, essentially creating an impenetrable cyber perimeter. Ultra's secure network communication solutions include network intrusion detection.
FIRST RESPONSE Ultra’s contingency planning and incident management software tools are operationally proven with numerous international customers across police, fire, ambulance, central and local government, prisons, ports and airports. Ultra’s software can be integrated into secure collaborative work environments to facilitate interoperability between different agencies and services.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Ultra has developed solutions that help energy managers meet the demanding goals set forth for their facilities in regards to both budgets and energy consumption. Ultra’s energy control wireless networking solutions have been deployed in the US in over 100 federal buildings, providing analysis, modelling and prediction in every area of a facility; from metering applications to monitoring mechanical systems such as pumps, motors and fans.
REMOTE POWER Ultra’s innovative propane-powered fuel cells extend the functionality and reliability of remote applications, allowing cameras, sensors and surveillance equipment to perform reliably for longer periods of time. Battery tending keeps traffic systems – from signs to cameras to lights – working 24-7, even when the grid is taken offline. RENEWABLES Ultra specialises in compact, power dense, low voltage sub-systems for renewable energy applications where space is at a premium and customers rely on the same levels of integrity, assurance and compact design as those in the defence sector. Ultra’s solid-state electrical power supplies are more flexible and tolerant of damage than hydraulic systems. They are also smaller, lighter and more reliable than rotary converters.
OIL AND GAS Ultra has a range of high precision electric field sensor arrays for the mapping of hydrocarbon fields and underwater pipelines. Ultra’s surveillance and infrastructure protection capabilities are used specifically to assist offshore oil and gas operators with concerns for the security and safety of their offshore assets, including pipelines. These concerns specifically relate to the threats posed by marine traffic and vessels. CIVIL NUCLEAR Ultra supplies high integrity reactor control and instrumentation equipment, neutron flux detectors and associated super-screened cables to nuclear power stations around the world. As part of this, Ultra provides equipment qualification, safety case support and justification services. Ultra also manufactures a broad line
of temperature sensors and pressure transmitters for safety related, inside containment and balance of plant installations. Models are available for virtually every application and all nuclear reactor technologies. Complementing these products are fibre optic data links and contact closures for core vibration monitoring and control rod positioning applications. Ultra hosts the UK Government’s nuclear emergency management systems and maintains nationwide radiation detector networks. Ultra can provide secure monitoring and emergency planning systems delivered with the highest levels of confidentiality, integrity and availability for nuclear operators, critical national infrastructure, first responders and national command and control centres.
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Tier 2 (Sub-system integrator) Responsible for integrating equipment or components that will make up a functional element of the platform. Examples of sub-system integration that Ultra has completed include integrated sonar systems and wing ice protection systems.
Tier 4 (Component supplier) Ultra also provides a broad range of smaller components onto many programmes worldwide, including sensors for measuring the performance of a nuclear reactor and joysticks to control UAVs.
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Tier 3 (Equipment supplier) Ultra has a large presence at this level of the supply chain, supplying equipment such as data links, cryptographic equipment and large electrical transformers.
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ULTRA’S CUSTOMERS Ultra’s independence allows it to work with the world’s major prime contractors in its markets and to sell its wide portfolio of specialist capabilities to a broad range of customers around the world. Within the Group’s top customers, such as the US Department of Defense (DoD), the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and BAE Systems, the Group actually supplies to a wide range of different project offices, integrated project teams and platform teams. Therefore, Ultra deals with a larger number of different customers than it initially appears and is positioned on more than 350 platforms and programmes worldwide.
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Ultra has no strategic aim to be a tier 1, top level platform provider. The Group is therefore non-threatening to the tier 1 prime contractors such as BAE Systems or Rolls-Royce and counts them amongst its largest customers. They can rely on Ultra to provide the specialist capabilities at which the Group is expert. Concentrating on tiers 3 and 4, rather than aiming to be a tier 1 platform provider, means that no single platform or programme typically accounts for more than 5% of Group revenue for the year, so the cancellation or curtailment of any single programme is unlikely to have a significant adverse impact on the Group.
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The Group is agnostic as to the source of the technology that is required to deliver the solution. When proven technology that meets the customers’ requirements exists outside the Group, Ultra is happy to form teaming partnerships to access it. Ultra sees these teaming arrangements as a source of competitive advantage, allowing Ultra to deliver differentiated solutions that meet customer needs efficiently. It is important that these teaming arrangements are of benefit to all parties – by working together, the team members are able to achieve something that would not be possible without teaming.
ULTRA’S POSITION IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN Within the definition of the supply chain shown in the graphic below, Ultra’s specialist capabilities are mainly at tiers 3 and 4, supplying equipment and components to support tier 1 and 2 subsystems and programmes. The Group does undertake tier 2 subsystem integration but does this mainly when integrating its own tier 3 offerings. Therefore, Ultra understands the tier 3 detailed interfaces and so is able to manage the risk inherent in tier 2 subsystem integration activities.
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Ultra businesses constantly innovate to create solutions to customer requirements that are different from and better than those of the Group’s competitors in a way that the customer values. In identifying differentiated solutions, prime consideration is given not to what Ultra would like to sell but to the problem the customer wants to address. This flexibility covers not just the technical attributes of the product or system but also the commercial package, the training and the support in which the customer is interested.
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The matrix below shows how Ultra’s core capabilities map to each Ultra business
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INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS – DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP In its specialist capability areas, Ultra’s understanding of the customer environment and the projected capability gaps that the customer would like addressed – in short, its understanding of the customer ‘problem statement’ – is a key differentiator.
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EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS Rakesh Sharma Chief Executive Paul Dean Group Finance Director Mark Anderson Group Marketing Director Carlos Santiago President Tactical Systems Mike Clayton Managing Director Information & Intelligence Systems Phil Evans Managing Director Aircraft & Vehicle Systems Carlos Santiago President Sonar & Undersea Systems Graeme Stacey Managing Director Airport & Power Systems Keith Thomson Group Human Resources Director Sharon Harris Company Secretary & General Counsel
AIRCRAFT & VEHICLE SYSTEMS Al Shaheen (49%) P.O. Box: 128630 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 2 813 7444 www.alsa.ae AMI 5500 South State Street Ann Arbor Michigan 48108 USA Tel: +1 734 302 7632 www.ultra-ami.com Card Systems Waverley House Hampshire Road Weymouth Dorset DT4 9XD England Tel: +44 (0) 1305 767100 www.ultramagicard.com CEMS Waverley House Hampshire Road Weymouth Dorset DT4 9XD England Tel: +44 (0) 1305 767100 www.ultra-cems.com Controls 417 Bridport Road Greenford Middlesex UB6 8UA England Tel: +44 (0) 20 8813 4444 www.ultra-controls.com Measurement Systems Inc. 50 Barnes Park North Suite 102 Wallingford Connecticut 06492 USA Tel: +1 203 949 3500 www.ultra-msi.com Precision Air & Land Systems Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PG England Tel: +44 (0) 1242 221166 www.ultra-pals.com Anson Business Park Cheltenham Road East Gloucester GL2 9QN England Tel: +44 (0) 1452 714382 www.ultra-pals.com
JOINT VENTURES Al Shaheen, UAE Mark Doyle, CEO A joint venture between Emirates Advanced Investments and Ultra Ithra, Oman Grant Levy, Project Director A joint venture between Oman Investment Corporation and Ultra Ultra Electronics, Qatar LLC., Qatar John Anderson, MD A joint venture between Oryx Energy Products and Services and Ultra TopScientific Systems Inc. A China Merchants Technology Group Company, Hong Kong, PRC Jenny Lawton, CEO A joint venture between Top Scientific Systems, Inc. and Ultra
AIRPORT & POWER SYSTEMS Airport Systems The Oaks Crewe Road Wythenshawe Manchester M23 9SS England Tel: +44 (0) 161 946 3600 www.ultra-as.com EMS Development Corporation 95 Horseblock Road, Unit 2 Yaphank New York 11980 USA Tel: +1 631 345 6200 www.ultra-ems.com Ithra (70%) Building No 113 Street No 70/270 North Azaiba Muscat Oman Tel: +968 2 200 6102 Nuclear Control Systems Innovation House Lancaster Road Ferndown Industrial Estate Wimborne Dorset BH21 7SQ England Tel: +44 (0) 1202 850450 www.ultra-ncs.com Nuclear Sensors & Process Instrumentation 707 Jeffrey Way P.O. Box 300 Round Rock Texas 78680-0300 USA Tel: +1 512 434 2800 www.ultra-nspi.com PMES Towers Business Park Wheelhouse Road Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1UZ England Tel: +44 (0) 1889 503300 www.ultra-pmes.com INFORMATION & INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS Advanced Tactical Systems 4101 Smith School Road Building IV, Suite 100 Austin Texas 78744 USA Tel: +1 512 327 6795 www.ultra-ats.com Command & Control Systems Knaves Beech Business Centre Loudwater High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP10 9UT England Tel: +44 (0) 1628 530000 www.ultra-ccs.com ProLogic 9400 Innovation Drive Manassas Virginia 20110 USA Tel: +1 703 331 5922 www.ultra-prologic.com SOTECH 12011 Guilford Road Suite 111 Annapolis Junction Maryland 20701 USA Tel: +1 301 470 7015
SONAR & UNDERSEA SYSTEMS Avalon Systems 12 Douglas Drive Technology Park Mawson Lakes Adelaide South Australia 5095 Australia Tel: +61 (0) 8 8169 1200 www.avalon.com.au www.ultra-electronics.com.au Flightline Systems 7625 Omnitech Place Victor New York 14564-9795 USA Tel: +1 585 924 4000 www.ultra-fei.com Maritime Systems 40 Atlantic Street Dartmouth Nova Scotia B2Y 4N2 Canada Tel: +1 902 466 7491 www.ultra-ms.com Ocean Systems 115 Bay State Drive Braintree Massachusetts 02184-5203 USA Tel: +1 781 848 3400 www.ultra-os.com Sonar Systems 418 Bridport Road Greenford Middlesex UB6 8UA England Tel: +44 (0) 20 8813 4567 www.ultra-sonar.com USSI 4578 East Park 30 Drive Columbia City Indiana 46725-8869 USA Tel: +1 260 248 3500 www.ultra-ussi.com TACTICAL SYSTEMS 3eTI 9715 Key West Avenue Suite 500 Rockville Maryland 20850 USA Tel: +1 301 670 6779 www.ultra-3eti.com AEP Networks Knaves Beech Business Centre Loudwater High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP10 9UT England Tel: +44 (0) 1628 642600 www.ultra-aep.com Communication & Integrated Systems 419 Bridport Road Greenford Middlesex UB6 8UA England Tel: +44 (0) 20 8813 4567 www.ultra-cis.com GigaSat GigaSat Building Tring Business Centre Icknield Way Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4JX England Tel: +44 (0) 1442 892000 TCS 5990 C么te de Liesse Montreal, Qu茅bec H4T 1V7 Canada Tel: +1 514 855 6363 www.ultra-tcs.com
making a difference Ultra Electronics Bridport Road Greenford Middlesex UB6 8UA England Tel: +44 (0) 20 8813 4321 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8813 4322 www.ultra-electronics.com www.facebook.com/UltraElectronics information@ultra-electronics.com January 2013