Ultra Electronics - USSI Announces the Production Milestone of 7,000,000 Sonobuoys

Ultra Electronics USSI Sep 26, 2018

On September 25, 2018 Ultra Electronics - USSI will celebrate the production of the 7,000,000th Sonobuoy since 1954.

COLUMBIA CITY, IND. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 - Ultra Electronics Undersea Sensor Systems, Inc. (USSI) announces an important event and significant milestone in its rich 60 year history of providing Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) acoustic sensors to the United States and friendly allied nations. On September 25, 2018 USSI will celebrate the production of the 7,000,000th Sonobuoy since 1954.

A ceremony on September 25 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. will include representatives of USSI’s United States Naval customer (PMA-264), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and a representative from the local Fort Wayne Office of Congressman Jim Banks. This momentous occasion is a testament to the workforce in Northeast Indiana dedicated to support in the defense of our nation.

David Jost, President of Ultra Electronics USSI commented:
“USSI is delighted to reach this significant milestone on 7,000,000 sonobuoys produced in Northeast Indiana since the 1950s. The duration of build over the decades, coupled with the customer demand for this highly sensitive technology, highlights the important and strategic role that USSI plays in our nation’s maritime and underwater security.”

Ultra Electronics USSI is a world leader in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) sonobuoy sensors. Through six decades of providing sonobuoy technology, USSI has developed an organic acoustic engineering expertise in areas of transducer development, acoustic modeling and advanced digital communications and signal processing. These core competencies have allowed USSI to provide advanced acoustic solutions filling capability gaps in autonomous underwater vehicle sensors and coastal water homeland defense.

In addition, USSI is an industry leader in the design, development and production of advanced electronics, acoustics, mass notification systems, and integrated sensor systems. Since inception, USSI has steadily grown its Northeast Indiana operations.

For further information about Ultra Electronics USSI, visit http://www.ultra-ussi.com

Further information about Ultra:

Ultra Electronics is an internationally successful defense, security, transport and energy company with a long track record of development and growth. The Group manages a portfolio of specialist capabilities generating innovative solutions to customer needs. Ultra applies electronic and software technologies in demanding and critical environments ranging from military applications, through safety-critical devices in aircraft, to nuclear controls and sensor measurement. These capabilities have seen the Group’s highly-differentiated products contributing to a large number of platforms and programs.

Ultra has world-leading positions in many of its specialist capabilities and, as an independent, non-threatening partner, is able to support all of the main prime contractors in its sectors. As a result of such positioning, Ultra’s systems, equipment or services are often mission or safety-critical to the successful operation of the platform to which they contribute. In turn, this mission-criticality secures Ultra’s positions for the long-term which underpins the superior financial performance of the Group.

Ultra offers support to its customers through the design, delivery and support phases of a program. Ultra businesses have a high degree of operational autonomy where the local management teams are empowered to devise and implement competitive strategies that reflect their expertise in their specific niches. The Group has a small head office and executive team that provide to the individual businesses the same agile, responsive support that they provide to customers, as well as formulating Ultra’s overarching, corporate strategy.

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