Ultralife has acquired all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the tactical communications products business of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for a total of approximately $5.7 million in cash, effective as of March 20, 2009. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009, SAIC’s communications products business generated revenue of approximately $7 million.
Ultralife anticipates that this acquisition will be accretive in 2009. The tactical communications products business, located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, designs, develops and manufactures tactical communications products including amplifiers, man-portable systems, cables, power solutions and ancillary communications equipment that will be sold by Ultralife under the current products’ brand name, AMTI.
Ultralife Corporation, which began as a battery company, now serves its markets with products and services ranging from portable and standby power solutions to communications and electronics systems.