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Ultra Electronics Nuclear

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Nuclear safety systemsUltra has expertise in the developmentand integration of safety solutions tonuclear markets. Ultra candemonstrate over 60 years ofexperience in the delivery of criticalreactor protection systems withininternational regulatory frameworks.These include nuclear plant protectionsystems, nucleonics, diverse safetysystem design & qualification andthrough-life support.

Nuclear qualified sensorsUltra is at the forefront in the designand manufacture of sensors forcritical measurements within thenuclear power plant. Ultra’s nuclearqualified range of safety-relatedmeasurement instrumentation andsensors support all leading reactortypes across the multiplicity ofinternational standards and arerecognised for their reliability,accuracy and longevity ofperformance in even the most severeof environments. Ultra is a worldleader in the design, test andautomated manufacture of hightemperature neutron detectors.

Plant life extensions and upgrades Ultra has developed innovative designand manufacturing techniques tomanage the threat of obsolescenceand the long operational lifetimeswithin the nuclear industry. Ultracontinually monitor and assess thestatus of operating plants andimplement multiple strategies toextend their operational life.

Radiation monitoringUltra’s highly reliable detectiontechnologies provide continuousmonitoring of reactor cores, plant andpersonnel within key nuclear facilitiesand on military platforms. This extendsto wider environmental monitoringacross national and internationalboundaries. Ultra is a leader in thefield of emergency monitoring andincident management. Ultra providestraining, infrastructure, securesoftware management systems andplanning experience to enable firstresponders, governments andinternational bodies to mitigatesignificant incidents.

The Ultra Electronics Group manages a portfolio of specialist capabilities,generating highly-differentiated solutions and products in the DEFENCE &AEROSPACE, SECURITY & CYBER, TRANSPORT and ENERGY markets, by applying electronic and software technologies in demanding and criticalenvironments to meet customer needs.

Ultra businesses constantly innovate to create solutions to customer requirements that are different from and betterthan those of the Group’s competitors. By applying these differentiated solutions to a wide range of internationalplatforms and programmes, Ultra has built an exceptionally broad range of specialist capability areas. Where the Grouphas a number of complementary capabilities it can also combine these to offer wider solutions. Furthermore, theproducts, capabilities and the associated domain expertise uniquely position Ultra to be able to provide system andsub-system solutions. These solutions are underpinned by through-life management support offerings that ensure thecapabilities are delivered and sustained in-service. The Group has an active programme of reinvestment of funds tostrengthen its capabilities in its specialist markets.

Ultra offers solutions to its customers through the design, delivery and support phases of a programme. Ultra’s businesseshave a high degree of operational autonomy so that they provide exceptionally agile and responsive support to customersand partners normally associated with a smaller business. These benefits of customer focus and agility are augmented bythe access to wider and complementary technology and expertise that lies elsewhere in the Group and by Ultra’s strongfinancial position.

Ultra’s specialist capabilities deliver safety-critical measurements, control andprotection systems within some of the harshest nuclear environments worldwide.

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Ultra’s broad range of specialist capabilities

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Ultra focuses on developing specialist capabilities that provide highly-differentiated solutions tocustomers’ requirements. Eight clearly defined market segments allow Ultra to provide more complexofferings from across the full range of the Group’s capabilities. The eight capability segments are:

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Maritime

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Communications

Nuclear

Infrastructure

Capabilities related to underwater warfare covering military, paramilitary and civil domains. These include transducers, hydrophones, sonobuoys, sonobuoy receivers, towed arrays, periscope detecting radars, torpedo defence systems, acoustic countermeasures, and surface ship sonar systems.

Capabilities related to signal and power management, operating, controlling, supporting and maintaining maritime (surface and sub-surface) military platforms, both manned and unmanned.

Capabilities related to operating, controlling, supporting and maintaining land military platforms, both manned and unmanned, and the dismounted soldier.

Capabilities related to the design, manufacture, production, operation, support and maintenance of commercial and military aircraft, both manned and unmanned.

Capabilities related to C2, Security and Surveillance solutions, covering both military and civil domains as well as military Electronic Warfare, reconnaissance and targeting systems, and forensic solutions for law enforcement.

Capabilities related to the secure communication and timely exchange of data, voice and video information providing some of the most capable communication systems, platforms and integration support in the world.

Capabilities related to nuclear, covering both civil energy, national radiation monitoring systems through defence to radiation monitoring on tactical platforms.

Capabilities related to airport and airline information systems, rail transit power conversion and control, as well as non-nuclear civil energy related capabilities.

Did you know?Ultra’s broad range of specialist capabilities are positioned on over 350 platforms and programmesworldwide, often in high integrity or safety critical applications.

To see how Ultra’s capability segmentsmap to each business, see pages 9-10

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Nuclear

Ultra supports a full defence-in-depth approach to the nuclear industry, spanning high-integrity reactorinstrumentation and control, life extensions and upgrades and nuclear emergency management systems,with the focus on equipment requiring formal safety justification or qualification.

Nuclear safety systems

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Ultra provides world-class expertise inthe development and integration ofsafety-critical solutions for the civilnuclear market.

INDEPENDENT SAFETY SERVICESUltra‘s knowledge and experienceenables the wider Group to provideconfidential, independent (from any system design, development or operational teams) safetyassessment services.

This includes impartial safetyassessments of processes, systems ororganisations to judge if the safetyrequirements for the system areappropriate and adequate for theplanned application and that thesystem satisfies those safetyrequirements.

FIBRE-OPTICS DATA LINKSUltra supplies fibre-optic data links andcontact closures for core vibrationmonitoring and control rod positioningapplications and as backup datachannels to control rooms. Fibre-opticsignal transmission for processmonitoring and control has beenprogressively adopted in recent yearsfor critical applications such as safetyshut-down systems, where there arevery high requirements for dataavailability. Ultra’s fibre-optic modemsprovide complete physical layernetwork solutions for both openstandard networks and thecommunications and control networksof most of the major global PLC andcontrol system suppliers.

DEFENCEUltra has been continuouslysupporting the UK Royal Navy’ssubmarine flotilla since the 1960’s inalmost 50 years of partnership. Ultra’srole is that of equipment designer,manufacturer and supplier andthrough-life support for the reactorcontrol and instrumentation suite andhigh integrity power electronicsystems. This covers the full spectrumof system engineering disciplines,including requirements capture,architecture design, development,verification, obsolescencemanagement, repair andqualification. The Group has morethan 20 years’ experience in thesupply of mission-critical systems insupport of the UK nuclear deterrent.

SAFETY SYSTEMSUltra holds world-class exceptionalexpertise in the development andintegration of safety-critical solutionsto nuclear markets. The Group hasplayed a significant role as theprotection system supplier of the firstand second generation of nuclearpower plants in the UK. Today, Ultrais working with reactor designers onnuclear new build programmesaround the world including SmallModular Reactors (SMRs) and thevery latest Gen IV designs.

Ultra’s approach to the specificationand supply of nuclear safety systems isto develop a thorough understandingof the customer’s needs, constraintsand concerns, whether they arefinancial, resource, project timescalesor regulatory. As a result, Ultradevelops timely, cost effective andtailored solutions based upon:

• 60 years of know-how indelivering high integrity safetysystems (including analogue,digital and software)

• An in-depth knowledge andpractical application of nuclearstandards and guidelines

• Experience of working within themost demanding of regulatoryenvironments

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Ultra currently supplies safety-basedequipment to almost 200 reactors in 16 countries.

Ultra is a proven supplier of systems to Class 1E and Category A IEC-61226functions.

500 nuclearspecialists workingat the forefront ofthe industry.

Over 60 years of experience in equipment qualification.

Nuclear

Ultra supports a full defence-in-depth approach to the nuclear industry, spanning high-integrity reactorinstrumentation and control, life extensions and upgrades and nuclear emergency management systems,with the focus on equipment requiring formal safety justification or qualification.

Nuclear qualified sensors

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Over 80% of all North Americanreactors rely exclusively on Ultratemperature sensors for critical reactor coolant monitoring.

CRITICAL SENSORS Ultra is at the forefront in thedevelopment and manufacture ofsensors for critical measurementswithin the nuclear power plant. Ournuclear qualified products arerecognised for their quality, reliability,accuracy and longevity ofperformance in even the most severeof environments.

Ultra continues to invest heavily inresearch, manufacture and qualityinfrastructure to ensure it remainsone of the world’s leading suppliersto the nuclear industry.

NUCLEONICS Ultra’s strength lies in its ability tooffer end-to-end nucleonic systems,comprising flux detectors, mineral-insulated cables and instrumentation.Ultra has developed a completerange of neutron flux detectors foruse in reactor safety and indicationsystems and neutron flux instrumentsfor monitoring and protectionapplications in the nuclear industry.The instrumentation range includespulse counting, Campbell processing,log DC and linear DC measurements.These instruments are available asindividual items or as a complete fluxmonitoring system. They aredesigned to comply with thestringent electromagneticcompatibility standards in nuclearpower plant environments.

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Ultra’s nuclear-qualified products arerecognised for their quality, reliability,accuracy and longevity of performancein even the most severe environments.

NUCLEAR QUALIFIED SENSORSUltra has been supplying nuclearqualified temperature sensors,thermowells, transmitters andpressure transmitters for more thanthree decades and is recognised as aglobal leader in these technologies.Over 80% of all North Americanreactors rely exclusively on Ultratemperature sensors for criticalreactor coolant monitoring. Ultra’snuclear-qualified pressuretransmitters are used at over 20% ofUS nuclear power plants and itsproducts have been qualified for usein all of the leading reactortechnologies, including PWR, BWR,CANDU, APWR and ABWR. Ultra isthe world’s largest supplier ofnuclear-qualified resistancetemperature detectors (RTDs) andthermocouple temperature sensors.Most of the sensors can withstand20G’s and 300 Megarads (3MGy)Total Ionising Dose (T.I.D). They areavailable in various configurations,such as thermowell-mounted, strap-on, direct immersion, fast-timeresponse and atmospheric styles.

Ultra produces a wide variety ofnuclear-qualified thermowells invirtually any style or material. WhilstUltra’s standard thermowells arefabricated from stainless steel, othermaterials such as Monel, Inconel andHastelloy are regularly used. Ultraprovides a range of nucleartemperature transmitters, which canbe used with either RTDs orthermocouples. They are capable ofwithstanding up to 40 years ofbackground radiation of 10 Kilorads(100 kGy) T.I.D. The N7000 seriestransmitter is fully field-configurable,making it adaptable to virtually anyapplication. Ultra supplies one of thebroadest ranges of pressuretransmitters for nuclear-qualifiedapplications. Versions are offered forinstallations ranging from insidecontainment and harsh environmentto applications requiring only seismicqualification or commercial grade.Models are available for themeasurement of gauge, absolute or differential pressure. In addition Ultra holds multiple ASMEcertifications of authorisation fordesign and manufacture of pressureboundary products.

Ultra is the world’s largest supplier of nuclear-qualified RTDs...

Installed in nearly200 reactors andmore than 500nuclear facilitiesworldwide.

Ultra has the ability to leverage cross-industry experience that bringsunique insights and expertise.

Customqualificationto multipledesignsincludingPWR, BWRand CANDUprofiles.

Nuclear

Ultra provides its customers with a full range of support from initial safety and control system design,through sustainment of performance, to emergency management of response.

Plant life extension and design support

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PLANT LIFE EXTENSION AND UPGRADESUltra provides solutions to the ageingand obsolescence issues faced in amature nuclear plant with a completerange of services to review, sustainand extend the I&C systems of theplant. Ultra’s solutions enable itscustomers to implement a strategywhich has nuclear plant safetyconsiderations at its heart, whilst stillsupporting the operator’s keybusiness drivers and addressing therisks arising from I&C obsolescence.Customers are provided with thecapability to optimise and implementa range of approaches, includingmaintenance, refurbishment andreplacement at system andcomponent levels.

Ultra has developed innovative designand manufacturing techniques tomanage the threat of obsolescenceand the long operational lifetimeswithin the nuclear industry. Ultracontinually monitors and assesses thestatus of operating plants andimplement multiple strategies toextend their operational life.

Ultra has been a pioneer within thenuclear industry in utilising field-programmable gate array (FPGA)technology as a cyber-secure “logic engine” for reactor protectionsystems and designs much of theanalogue and digital circuitry inhybrids to achieve high reliability andprovide obsolescence proofing. Theuse of hybrid technology removes thethreat of tin whiskers.

Independent safety assessmentIEC 61508 represents best practice forsafety-related electrical, electronic andprogrammable electronic systems. Itrequires the use of independent safetyassessments. Through its knowledgeand experience, Ultra is able toprovide confidential, independentsafety assessment services. The Grouphas suitably qualified and experiencedpersonnel and domain experts, centredon instrumentation and control, – bothhardware and software. Ultra providesimpartial safety assessments ofprocesses, systems or organisations, toestablish if the safety requirements forthe system are appropriate andadequate for the planned applicationand that the system satisfies thosesafety requirements.

Systems integration Ultra provides a systems integrationservice to customers, through adedicated and highly specialised teamof programme managers, engineers,on-site manufacturing services andpartnering across an establishedsupply chain in the nuclear sector.Ultra’s extensive experience in thespecification, design and supply ofmission and plant-critical systemsprovides a pedigree for the Group’sworldwide services. The systemsintegration services and capabilitiescover the complete system life cycle,comprising the full spectrum of systemengineering disciplines, includingrequirements capture, architecturedesign, cyber security, design anddevelopment (including safety-criticalsoftware), qualified throughindependent verification and validation.

Through itsknowledge,experience anddomain expertise,Ultra is able toprovide confidential,independent safetyassessment services.

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Ultra has been at the heart of the UK’s national capability Nuclear EmergencyResponse Plan for two decades.

Radiation monitoring

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RADIATION MONITORINGUltra’s highly reliable detectiontechnologies provide continuousmonitoring of reactor cores, plant andpersonnel within key nuclear facilitiesand on military platforms. Thisextends to wider environmentalmonitoring across national andinternational boundaries. In particularUltra is a leader in the field ofradiation detection and has unrivalledcapability in radiation sensor design,manufacture, applicationsknowledge, installation, support andsystem decommissioning.

MEDICALUltra provides cyclotron facilitiesaround the world with a totalmonitoring solution for personnelprotection and adherence toregulatory guidelines. Cyclotrons areused to generate isotopes for use inthe imaging procedure PositronEmission Tomography (PET). PET is themost advanced medical diagnosticimaging technology available todayfor detection of cancers, diseases ofthe heart and brain. High reliability,flexibility and versatility have been thekey to the development of oursolutions allowing our customers toexpand or upgrade their systems withthe minimum of disruption.

EMERGENCY MONITORING & MANAGEMENTUltra is a leader in the field ofemergency monitoring and incidentmanagement. Ultra provides training,infrastructure, secure softwaremanagement systems and planningexperience to enable first responders,governments and international bodiesto mitigate significant incidents.

MILITARYUltra designs and manufacturesqualified and robust military graderadiation detector systems to defenceministries throughout the world. Ourtracked and wheeled vehicle systemcontinuously monitors theradiological environment both withinthe vehicle and external to theplatform. Suitable for externalmounting on amphibious vehicles,our systems are utilised on the latestgeneration of military vehicles withinthe British Army. Ultra has suppliedradiation monitoring systems tonavies throughout NATO andcontinues to provide new systemsand in-service support for maritimeoperations. The systems providecontinuous radiological threat data inboth air and water in support of bothsurface and submarine fleets.

Over 30 years of experience insupporting nuclearemergencyplanning andmanagement.

Actively involved in designing, qualifying,and replacing obsolete I&C equipmentfor plant life extensions.

• 500 nuclear specialists working atthe forefront of the industry

• Ultra has ability to leverage cross-industry experience that bringsunique insights and expertise

• Many years of experience inequipment qualification includingRCC-E/RCC-M, 10CFR50B/10CFR21,IAEA50-C, ANSI/ASME NQA-1

• Custom qualification to PWR, BWRand CANDU profiles

• Flexibility and willingness to workwith customers to offer solutions

• Independence from any onereactor technology and significantexperience and knowledge of all current technologies

• Actively involved in SMR and Gen IV designs for harshenvironments

• Instalment of more than 200 reactorsand 500 nuclear facilities worldwide

• Actively involved in designing,qualifying, and replacing obsolete I&Cequipment for plant life extensions

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Capabilities related to operating, controlling, supporting and maintaining land military platforms, both manned and unmanned, and the dismounted soldier.

Capabilities related to the design, manufacture, production, operation, support and maintenance of commercial and military aircraft, both manned and unmanned.

Capabilities related to nuclear, covering both civil energy, national radiation monitoring systems through defence to radiation monitoring on tactical platforms.

Capabilities related to airport and airline information systems, rail transit power conversion and control, as well as non-nuclear civil energy related capabilities.

Capabilities related to signal and power management, operating, controlling, supporting and maintaining maritime (surface and sub-surface) military platforms, both manned and unmanned.

Capabilities related to underwater warfare covering military, paramilitary and civil domains. These include transducers, hydrophones, sonobuoys, sonobuoy receivers, towed arrays, periscope detecting radars, torpedo defence systems, acoustic countermeasures, and surface ship sonar systems.

Capabilities related to the secure communication and timely exchange of data, voice and video information providing some of the most capable communication systems, platforms and integration support in the world.

Capabilities related to C2, Security and Surveillance solutions, covering both military and civil domains as well as military Electronic Warfare, reconnaissance and targeting systems, and forensic solutions for law enforcement.

Ultra has a broad portfolio of specialist capabilities which can be combinedflexibly to generate innovative, highly-differentiated solutions, which aredelivered in close collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers.

Ultra is well positioned to support customers and provide solutions tocomplex needs across the Defence & Aerospace, Security & Cyber, Transportand Energy markets.

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The matrix on the left, shows how Ultra’s core capabilities map to each Ultra business.

Aerospace & Infrastructure Division

Airport SystemsThe OaksCrewe RoadWythenshawe, Manchester M23 9SSEnglandTel: +44 (0) 161 946 3600www.ultra-as.com

Nuclear Control SystemsInnovation HouseLancaster RoadFerndown Industrial EstateWimborne, Dorset BH21 7SQEnglandTel: +44 (0) 1202 850450www.ultra-ncs.com

Nuclear Sensors & Process Instrumentation707 Jeffrey WayP.O. Box 300Round Rock, Texas 78680-0300USATel: +1 512 434 2800www.ultra-nspi.com

Precision Control SystemsArle CourtCheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6PNEnglandTel: +44 (0) 1242 221166www.ultra-pcs.com

Communications & Security Division

3eTI9713 Key West AvenueSuite 500Rockville, Maryland 20850USATel: +1 301 670 6779www.ultra-3eti.com

Advanced Tactical Systems4101 Smith School RoadBuilding IV, Suite 100Austin, Texas 78744USATel: +1 512 327 6795www.ultra-ats.com

Communication & Integrated Systems419 Bridport RoadGreenford, Middlesex UB6 8UAEnglandTel: +44 (0) 20 8813 4567www.ultra-cis.com

Forensic Technology5757 Cavendish Blvd.Suite 200Cote St-Luc, Québec H4W 2W8CanadaTel: +1 514 4894 247www.ultra-forensictechnology.com

Herley10 Sonar DriveWoburn, Massachusetts 01801USATel: +1 781 729 9450www.ultra-herley.com

TCS5990 Côte de LiesseMontreal, Québec H4T 1V7CanadaTel: +1 514 855 6363www.ultra-tcs.com

Maritime & Land Division

Avalon Systems12 Douglas DriveTechnology ParkMawson Lakes, AdelaideSouth Australia 5095AustraliaTel: +61 (0) 8 8169 1200www.ultra-avalon.comwww.ultra-electronics.com.au

Command & Sonar SystemsKnaves Beech Business CentreLoudwater, High WycombeBuckinghamshire HP10 9UTEnglandTel: +44 (0) 1628 530000www.ultra-ccs.com

EMS Development Corporation95 Horseblock Road, Unit 2Yaphank, New York 11980USATel: +1 631 345 6200www.ultra-ems.com

Flightline Systems7625 Omnitech PlaceVictor, New York 14564-9795USATel: +1 585 924 4000www.ultra-fei.com

Maritime Systems40 Atlantic StreetDartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4N2CanadaTel: +1 902 466 7491www.ultra-ms.com

Ocean Systems115 Bay State DriveBraintree, Massachusetts 02184-5203USATel: +1 781 848 3400www.ultra-os.com

PMESTowers Business ParkWheelhouse RoadRugeley, Staffordshire WS15 1UZEnglandTel: +44 (0) 1889 503300www.ultra-pmes.com

USSI4868 East Park 30 DriveColumbia City, Indiana 46725-8861USATel: +1 260 248 3500www.ultra-ussi.com

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