Ultra Maritime expands Wake Forest facility to radar production for US Navy

May 13, 2026, by Fatima Bahtić

Ultra Maritime has opened its expanded Wake Forest facility, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued investment and collaborative partnership with the US Navy.

Ultra Maritime’s Wake Forest facility serves as a center for the engineering and production of Ultra Maritime’s Sea Raider family of advanced software-defined radar technologies.

These systems provide enhanced capabilities for modern naval operations, including defense against hybrid warfare tactics, cyber-enabled threats and unmanned systems.

The expanded site is expected to strengthen the company’s role as a critical hub for advanced radar manufacturing while positioning the company for future innovation and mission growth.

The ceremony featured a keynote address from Rear Admiral Tom Dickinson, US Navy Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, and brought together Navy partners, local officials, industry leaders and employees.

Specifically, the facility’s primary activity centers on the production of the US Navy’s Next Generation Surface Search Radar (NGSSR), a system designed to replace five legacy radar systems with a single multi-mission platform intended for deployment across the navy’s surface combatant fleet.

The radar is designed to support navigation in congested waterways, detect and classify periscopes and other undersea threats, and track low-flying aerial targets.

According to the company, the system is intended to provide real-time situational awareness to support operational decision-making in maritime environments.

To remind, the US Navy recently tasked Ultra Maritime to design the next-generation acoustic device countermeasure (ADC) MK6, a system intended to enhance protection against evolving underwater threats.