Who is UltraJet and Ultra Dynamics?
Ultra Dynamics, and the predecessor company, Dowty, have manufactured marine waterjet propulsion since the 1950’s. Ultra (and Dowty) were primarily involved with military applications for 30 years until the late 1980s, in commercial vessels in the early 90’s and in military, government, homeland security, fishing, workboats, passenger vessels, and recreational boats since the early 1990s. See Recently Launched for examples of boats for these applications. 2. How do the UltraJet drives compare with other jet drives? While we are proud of our products, the more important opinions come from our customers, especially those production builders who have switched from other suppliers. They tell us the quality is better, prices are lower, installation is simple, boat performance is better, controls integration is simpler, and parts – when rarely required – are less expensive. 3. Are jet boats faster than propeller driven boats? Some are, however, the maximum speed of planing boats is determine
