Astrolab

What Astrolab does

Astrolab is a privately held, small-scale (1–10 employees) U.S. company headquartered in Warren that focuses on high-end radio frequency (RF) solutions for high-tech niche markets, with explicit emphasis on space and defense applications. The firm's positioning centers on specialized RF hardware rather than a broad catalog of commercial components, indicating a boutique engineering and supply role within the defense and space RF value chain.

Founded in 1961 and operating continuously since, Astrolab presents the profile of a long-tenured specialist rather than a venture-backed scale-up. The publicly stated headcount of 1–10 employees implies a lean organization, likely structured around a core group of RF engineers and program-facing personnel serving a small set of prime contractors, integrators, or government end-customers in the space and defense sectors.

The available evidence on the company's business model is limited: no pricing model, revenue mechanics, or formal go-to-motion is disclosed. A single documented funding event — approximately $4.62 million raised in November 2021 with undisclosed investors — provides the only quantitative financial data point and is consistent with a specialist supplier that periodically accesses external capital to support program work, qualification, or product development rather than a high-velocity growth model.

Name

Astrolab

Legal name

HUBER+SUHNER AG

Website

https://astrolab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

RF/Microwave Interconnect Components

NAICS

Electronic Connector Manufacturing (334417)

SIC

Electronic Connectors (3678)

akta.pro primary industry

RF & Microwave Connectors and Coaxial Assemblies (HDAHAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Military Power Supplies, RF/Microwave Components & Ruggedized Electronics (IMABAGAJ), Space Power Systems (Solar Arrays, Batteries, EPS) (IMABACAH)

Keywords

• Radio frequency components
• RF microwave connectors
• Space grade interconnects
• Defence RF solutions
• Cable assemblies

Headquarters

HQ city

Warren

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Core offering

Astrolab designs, manufactures, and supplies high-end radio frequency (RF) solutions — including connectors, adapters, and cable assemblies — primarily serving space and defence customers with high-reliability, low-loss interconnection requirements. The company focuses on engineered RF components qualified for demanding mission-critical environments rather than commodity RF parts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High-end radio frequency (RF) solutions

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Smiths Interconnect: Supplies high-reliability RF/microwave connectors, cable assemblies and subsystems for aerospace, defense and space applications. Comparable in target markets and product class, but with a broader, more diversified portfolio.
• Amphenol RF: Division of Amphenol producing RF connectors, adapters and cable assemblies for aerospace, defense, wireless and test & measurement. Competes head-to-head with Astrolab in high-frequency RF interconnects, with vastly greater resources and catalog breadth.
• TE Connectivity Aerospace Defense & Marine: Global connectivity and sensor giant with a dedicated aerospace, defense and marine division offering rugged RF interconnects. Competes with Astrolab on RF connectors and assemblies in space/defense, though as part of a much wider product portfolio.
• HUBER+SUHNER: Swiss-headquartered global manufacturer of RF connectors, cable assemblies and related interconnect solutions serving space, defense and telecom. Directly comparable product category to Astrolab, but at much larger scale and broader portfolio (the 404 source data in this dataset actually points to HUBER+SUHNER's RF product line).

Direct peers

• Radiall: French-headquartered designer and manufacturer of RF coaxial connectors, cable assemblies and microwave components serving aerospace, defense and industrial markets. Direct competitor to Astrolab in space and defense RF interconnects.
• Rosenberger: German family-owned manufacturer of RF connectors, cable assemblies and high-frequency test & measurement solutions with deep presence in space and defense. Closest product/market peer to Astrolab in the high-end RF interconnect niche.
• Times Microwave Systems: Specialist in coaxial cable assemblies and RF interconnects for aerospace, defense and telecom, with strong presence in high-reliability applications. Directly overlaps Astrolab's space and defense RF offering.

Emerging players

• Pasternack: US-based catalog distributor and manufacturer of RF connectors, adapters, cable assemblies and microwave components. Smaller and more catalog-focused than Astrolab but overlaps in defense, wireless and test & measurement RF interconnects.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hubersuhner
• Facebookfacebook.com/hubersuhner-ag-606416669401462

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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