Ultra Maritime | Maritime Defense Systems

Category: Product & Technology

Discover the latest innovations, product developments, and technology advancements from Ultra Maritime. This section features updates on sonar, radar, and mission-critical systems designed to support modern maritime operations.

Ultra Maritime Delivers New Innovation in Hybrid Anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities with Sea Tracker

Posted on by Heather Shoup

Dartmouth, NS — Ultra Maritime proudly announces a significant advancement in hybrid anti-submarine warfare (ASW) innovation for allied navies with the contract award of Sea Tracker – a modular, containerized submarine detection capability. Sea Tracker delivers frigate-grade ASW performance in a standardized 20-foot ISO container. It is designed for uncrewed and non-traditionally crewed platforms, dramatically increasing preparedness and situational awareness in complex maritime environments.

Sea Tracker’s scalable architecture enables the seamless integration of Ultra Maritime’s full suite of towed technologies, including torpedo defense systems, inline active/passive, and strategic surveillance arrays. This system-of-systems capability enables a rapidly deployable containerized asset, allowing navies the ability to classify, track and prosecute the stealthiest submarines in all areas of operation.

Through the collaboration and support of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and COVE, Ultra Maritime is providing this modular solution to the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) for the experimentation and development of next-generation ASW concepts. These partnerships underscore a shared commitment to innovation, conceptual and tactical development for the purpose of maritime defense excellence.

With continued investment in advanced technologies, Ultra Maritime remains dedicated to delivering best-in-class solutions that provide navies with the agility, adaptability and strategic advantage needed to dominate the underwater domain.

 

Ultra Maritime Announces Modular, Automated, Containerized Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Pod for Small Combatants and Autonomous Vessels

Posted on by Heather Shoup

ARLINGTON, Virginia – Ultra Maritime proudly announces a substantial advancement in towed array packaging technology that will enable smaller manned and unmanned surface vessels to greatly increase their anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. Following several years of internal investment and building on a rich legacy of sonar capabilities, the new Ultra Maritime Mission Pod has now cleared its Critical Design Review (CDR) and is being actively bid into worldwide opportunities. Visit the Ultra Maritime booth #1018 at the Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium this week to learn more.

This innovative design deploys Ultra Maritime’s family of towed arrays from the same winch and deployment system. The Mission Pod is a leapfrog in automation and packaging technology, making it possible to house and deploy those arrays from a 20-foot ISO container, thereby achieving genuine modularity of design where a towed array can be used as a roll-on, roll-off asset. This allows for ASW capabilities without the need for traditional large, expensive manned surface combatant platforms.

“The 20-foot containerized Mission Pod will play a significant role in countering both the North Atlantic and Western Pacific submarine threats, as well as other areas of operation, with an automated, flexible and scalable solution for any Navy,” said Carlo Zaffanella, President and CEO of Ultra Maritime. “With the significant cost of major combatants and the requisite large crews to man them, Ultra Maritime’s Mission Pod provides an affordable, distributed ASW capability that can be deployed on smaller, less expensive manned and unmanned ships.”

The Mission Pod is designed to meet NATO-ANEP 91 and 99, as well as relevant Det Norske Veria (DNV) interchangeability standards. The Mission Pod is designed for installation on current and future surface combatants, vessels of opportunity and unmanned platforms.