WT 360: Ultra I&C's gameplan for its new private equity era
Ultra Intelligence & Communications' president Jon Rucker joins the 360 conversation to explain how that business feeds into the corporation's larger strategy. Courtesy of Ultra Electronics.
By
Ross Wilkers
Jon Rucker, president of the Ultra Intelligence & Communications business, goes over what that team has been up to since the parent company's sale to private equity firm Advent International and the strategy's main three legs.
Advent International's acquisition of Ultra Electronics in the summer of 2022 was one in a series of investments the private equity firm has made in defense and government contractors: $28 billion to be exact within the past three-and-a-half years.
For this episode, we turn the lens on the Ultra Intelligence & Communications business unit by hearing from its president Jon Rucker on how that team contributes to the larger whole that is Ultra Electronics.
Rucker is six months into this role in leading Ultra I&C, whose core product and service lines also include cybersecurity and electronic warfare. Where the business is looking to invest is a main focus of this conversation between Rucker and our Ross Wilkers, as is how Ultra balances honoring its nearly 100-year brand amid the push into new markets.
