Early on 9 July, 3 action-takers from People Against Genocide successfully evaded security to enter the Tring facility of military tech and cyber warfare company Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C) in Tring, Hertfordshire.

Once inside the building, the PAG team began dismantling military equipment, to close the facility down, and stop production.

Ultra I&C is a key supplier to UAV Tactical Systems, the Leicester subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest weapons maker. Elbit produces 85% of the Israeli military’s killer drone fleet, and 80% of their other weaponry and equipment. Elbit boasts that its deadly products are “battle-tested” on Palestinians. And they have been used against civilian populations across West Asia.

Ultra I&C claims to specialise in “AI mission solutions” and “secure battlefield communications systems”. And in a major step, in October 2024, it entered into a collaboration agreement with the US arm of South-Korean weapons giant Hanwha. The collaboration focuses on integrating Ultra I&C’s Command and Control (C2) gateway with Hanwha’s missile systems, specifically the K239 Chunmoo rocket launcher.

Job listings for Ultra I&C’s Tring site, clearly show that it’s a manufacturing facility, making and developing physical products. A data breach in 2024 confirmed that besides working with Elbit, Ultra I&C works with the Israeli military directly.

People Against Genocide has previously targeted Ultra I&C, blockading its Maidenhead site in June. In that action, activists used specially-modified suitcases containing lock-on devices to successfully prevent access to the facility.

In a statement released by the direct action group, a spokesperson said:

We are taking direct action against Ultra I&C’s Tring facility today to prevent the production of more deadly weapons systems, which are being used to enable the genocide in Gaza.

Rather than attempt to appeal to governments, we are going straight to the source, the weapons factories, to shut them down.

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