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Note 12 - Business Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2015	Mar. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenue	$ 19,177,000us-gaap_Revenues	$ 15,285,000us-gaap_Revenues
Segment contribution	822,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	(1,096,000)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense, net	(188,000)ULBI_InterestExpenseNetOfInterestIncome	(63,000)ULBI_InterestExpenseNetOfInterestIncome
Income tax provision	(111,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(60,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax	(61,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Noncontrolling interest	10,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	(6,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net loss attributable to Ultralife	533,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(1,286,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Total assets	89,055,000us-gaap_Assets	88,369,000us-gaap_Assets	87,642,000us-gaap_Assets
Battery & Energy Products
Revenue	16,276,000us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_BatteryMember	13,922,000us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_BatteryMember
Segment contribution	4,784,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_BatteryMember	3,801,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_BatteryMember
Total assets	37,299,000us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_BatteryMember	38,630,000us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_BatteryMember
Communications Systems
Revenue	2,901,000us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_CommsMember	1,363,000us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_CommsMember
Segment contribution	1,223,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_CommsMember	534,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_CommsMember
Total assets	29,062,000us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_CommsMember	28,254,000us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ULBI_CommsMember
Discontinued Operations
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Corporate
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Interest expense, net	(188,000)ULBI_InterestExpenseNetOfInterestIncome / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	(63,000)ULBI_InterestExpenseNetOfInterestIncome / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
Income tax provision	(111,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	60,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
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Total assets	$ 22,694,000us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	$ 21,485,000us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember

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