• Naval Warfare

  Ultra Electronics installs S2150 sonar on RN frigate

  6th April 2020

  Ultra Electronics has installed the first S2150 Hull Mount Sonar on a RN Type 23 frigate HMS Portland according to a 6 April statement. The …

• Digital Battlespace

  Ultra Gigasat selected to be part of Raytheon troposcatter team

  6th September 2019

  Gigasat, part of Ultra Electronics Communication and Integrated Systems (CIS) has been selected to be part of a Raytheon team providing a troposcatter communications system …

• Naval Warfare

  Erapsco awarded USN sonobuoy contract

  19th August 2019

  An Ultra Electronics and Sparton DeLeon Springs joint venture (JV) has been awarded a contract worth up to $1.04 billion for the manufacture of sonobuoys …

• Naval Warfare

  Philippines turns to Korea for CMS and new corvettes

  28th August 2019

  The Philippines has selected Hanwha Systems to install an integrated combat management system (CMS) on three former US Coast Guard cutters in service with the …

• Naval Warfare

  First Philippine frigate launched

  28th May 2019

  The Philippine Navy’s (PN) most modern warship, the future BRP Jose Rizal, was launched in Ulsan by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) before a high-ranking PN …

• Digital Battlespace

  Ultra Electronics awarded NGSSR work

  9th April 2019

  Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems has received a $27.98 million contract for the development and production of the US Navy’s Next Generation Surface Search Radar (NGSSR) …

• Naval Warfare

  MDA to design CSC’s EW suite

  4th April 2019

  Maxar Technologies' MDA has signed a CAD$4 million contract with Lockheed Martin Canada for the initial phase of design work for the Canadian Surface Combatant's …

• Naval Warfare

  Ultra Electronics to support CSC programme

  25th February 2019

  Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems has received a sub-contract from Lockheed Martin Canada to work on the integration of underwater systems for the Canadian Surface Combatant …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Avalon 2019: Seeds sown for Team Reaper in Australia

  1st March 2019

  Team Reaper is preparing for business opportunities as the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) edges closer to buying the MQ-9 Reaper armed MALE platform from …

• Naval Warfare

  Global Type 26 fleet will reach 32 vessels as Canada awards design contract

  8th February 2019

  Irving Shipbuilding has awarded a contract to finalise design work for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) programme, the latest milestone in the long-running effort to …

• Digital Battlespace

  SEA awarded personal area network work

  6th November 2018

  Cohort company SEA will lead the physical and technical software integration of soldier personal area networks with the British Army’s current body armour and load …

• Digital Battlespace

  UK's Icarus roadmap charts path to protection

  14th November 2018

  The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Leonardo have unveiled a future roadmap for the ‘Icarus’ Technology Demonstration Programme (TDP), designed to design, develop and …

• Military Logistics

  MDM 2018: GD Mission Systems advances expeditionary C2 suite

  28th September 2018

  One element of the General Dynamics Mission Systems exhibit at this week’s Modern Day Marine expo was designed to reflect the company’s continuing focus on …

• Naval Warfare

  Erapsco to manufacture sonobuoys for US Navy

  30th August 2018

  Erapsco, a joint venture between Sparton and Ultra Electronics, has received contracts worth $64.6 million to manufacture sonobuoys for the US Navy, Sparton announced on …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Sentient joins Team Reaper Australia

  6th September 2018

  Sentient Vision Systems has joined General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' (GA-ASI's) Team Reaper Australia in its bid for Australia's Project AIR 7003, the company announced on …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Destroyers

  Canadian Surface Combatant/River Class [Canada]

  Development and Procurement Requirements Fifteen frigates are being procured to replace the Royal Canadian Navy's 12 ageing Halifax-class frigates and the now-retired Iroquois-class destroyers with ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Sea: naval surveillance radar, Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems, Sea: surveillance system radar

  MFHR Radar

  The Multi-Function High Resolution (MFHR) Radar is a lightweight naval surveillance system capable of performing a variety of surface search missions, including detecting swarms of small vessels and ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  AN/GRC-245(V)

  The AN/GRC-245(V) is a high-capacity LoS (HCLoS) radio that is designed to provide a high-speed digital backbone for tactical area communications systems worldwide. Ultra Electronics ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  Spear

  The Spear delivers flexibility, performance and capability to a broad range of operations. The platform is designed for rapid payload integration, portability and runway independence. ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  Ultra Orion

  The Ultra Orion is a family of point-to-point (PTP) and point-to-multipoint (PMP) radio system providing On The Move (OTM) access capabilities for lower echelons. It ...

• Land: Defensive Systems - Gunshot Detection / Hostile Fire Indicator

  RMGL

  The Rifle Mounted Gunfire Locator (RMGL) developed by Ultra Electronics is suitable for a wide range of military and security applications. It quickly and accurately ...

• Sea: naval surveillance radar

  AN/SPS-73

  The AN/SPS-73 is an X-band navigation and surveillance system manufactured by Raytheon. It provides short-range, two-dimensional surveillance image, advanced signal processing and automatic target detection ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  Ultra Trilos radio

  The Warfighter Information Network (WIN-T) TCS Ultra Trilos radio offers point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radio communications up to 200Mb/s aggregate. The radio is software-defined and has ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  AN/GRC-262 (ORION X500)

  The AN/GRC-262, based on Ultra Communications' ORION X500,  is a software-defined, multi-channel, multi-band, MIMO radio platform that enables a Unified Heterogeneous Wireless Network (HETNET) capable of supporting ...

• Sea: naval surveillance radar, Sea: navigation radar

  NGSSR

  Next-Generation Surface Search Radar (NGSSR) is a software-defined radar being develop by Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems to meet the requirements of the USN to replace all ...

• OPVs

  Amazonas Class

  The Brazilian Navy's Amazonas-class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) are based on the UK's River-class. They were originally ordered for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, ...

• Sea: sonar systems

  Sonar Type 2170

  Developed by Ultra, Sea Sentor Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) system, also known as Sonar Type 2170,  is a sonar system that has been in ...

• Corvettes

  Bung Tomo Class

  The three Bung Tomo-class corvettes, a derivative of the F2000 design, had a delayed entry into service after the ships began life under a 1995 contract placed ...

• Destroyers

  River Class (Type 26)

  The Type 26 Anti-Submarine Warfare frigate has been designed for the UK Royal Navy, but with an emphasis on export. Both the Royal Canadian Navy ...

• Frigates

  Duke Class (Type 23)

  The Type 23 Duke class frigates for the UK Royal Navy were designed as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ships to operate in the North Atlantic against ...