What Omitron Inc. does

Omitron, Inc. is a privately held aerospace engineering, mission operations, and IT services firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland. The company delivers ground systems development, flight dynamics, space situational awareness (SSA), conjunction assessment (CA), trajectory design, and software engineering services to NASA, NOAA, US Space Force, NRO, MDA, and DARPA. Its five core proprietary software products — the Astrodynamics Support Workstation (ASW), Timeline Management Tool (TMT), OwlEye, TALON, and SPARTAN — span the full space mission lifecycle from pre-launch planning through on-orbit operations, spaceflight safety, and secure ground network transport. ASW operates as the primary ground system at the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) and is the first system to produce a full Special Perturbations satellite catalog.

Omitron monetizes primarily through federal procurement as both a prime contractor (most notably the FDSS III joint venture with Pearl River Technologies via OPR LLC, a HUBZone Mentor Protégé entity) and a subcontractor to primes including Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Pacifica Defense Solutions, and a.i. solutions. Revenue streams blend cost-plus and firm-fixed-price task orders under multi-year IDIQ contract vehicles, supplemented by SBIR grants and emerging commercial software licensing for OwlEye and TALON. Pricing is entirely quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

The company maintains field sites supporting NASA (GSFC, JSC, Penn State Swift MOC), NOAA (Suitland), US Space Force (Schriever, CSpOC, Vandenberg), NRO (Chantilly), and NSF Dahlgren. It holds HUBZone small business certification, CMMI Maturity Level 2 for Development, and multiple NASA Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year awards. Recent strategic activity includes the 2023 launch of a Network Infrastructure & Architecture Group, expanding beyond traditional flight dynamics into secure IT and communications infrastructure across Civil, DoD, and Commercial customer segments.

Name

Omitron Inc.

Legal name

Omitron, inc.

Website

https://omitron.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Omitron is a privately held aerospace engineering and mission operations firm founded in 1984, providing flight dynamics, ground systems, space situational awareness, and conjunction assessment software and services to NASA, NOAA, US Space Force, NRO, and the Intelligence Community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerospace Engineering and Space Mission Operations Services

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Space-Based Defense Systems (SSA, Missile Warning, Protected SATCOM) (IMABAOAH)

Keywords

• Aerospace engineering services
• Mission operations support
• Satellite ground systems
• Space situational awareness
• Flight dynamics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Beltsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Prime Contracts: Omitron serves as prime contractor on federal government contracts, most notably the FDSS III joint venture (OPR LLC with Pearl River Technologies), providing flight dynamics support to NASA GSFC. Revenue is generated through cost-plus and firm-fixed-price task orders under IDIQ contract vehicles.
2. Subcontractor Work: Omitron acts as subcontractor to primes (Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Pacifica Defense Solutions, a.i. solutions) on major government programs including JPSS ground system, C2BMC (Missile Defense Agency), and DARPA's OrbitOutlook program.
3. SBIR Phase II Grants: Omitron received a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research grant from the United States Air Force for sensor calibration workflow automation using machine learning models.
4. Commercial Product Licensing (TMT, ASW, OwlEye, TALON, SPARTAN): Omitron licenses its proprietary software products (TMT, ASW, OwlEye, TALON, SPARTAN) to government and commercial satellite operators. Revenue model combines software licensing with associated engineering support services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Omitron Inc. provides aerospace engineering, mission operations, flight dynamics, space situational awareness, and satellite ground system software solutions for civil space (NASA, NOAA), defense (US Space Force), and national security (NRO, MDA) programs. The company delivers professional engineering services and proprietary ground system software products (ASW, TMT, OwlEye, TALON, SPARTAN) to support on-orbit spacecraft, including Artemis, JWST, ISS, GPS, and weather satellites.

Product overview

Omitron Inc. is an aerospace engineering and mission operations firm that offers a portfolio of commercial space operations products alongside professional engineering services. Its product suite centers on five core commercial offerings: the Timeline Management Tool (TMT) for satellite activity planning and command management; the Astrodynamics Support Workstation (ASW) as the primary operational ground system providing satellite catalog and conjunction assessment; OwlEye™ for operator-facing conjunction event management and visualization; TALON™ for orbit determination and maneuver planning; and SPARTAN for secure multi-domain network transport. Together these products address the full mission lifecycle from pre-launch planning through on-orbit operations, safety, and ground systems integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OwlEye™: Web-based application for conjunction assessment helping operators of space satellite constellations manage conjunction events by organizing Conjunction Data Messages and providing analytical tools and visualizations.
• TALON™
• SPARTAN

Products and services

• Astrodynamics Support Workstation (ASW) Proprietary astrodynamics support workstation software used for satellite orbit determination, analysis, and mission operations support. Used internally and licensed to government space customers.
• Telemetry Monitoring Tool (TMT) Telemetry monitoring tool for real-time spacecraft health and status monitoring as part of satellite ground system operations.
• OwlEye Orbit analysis and spaceflight safety software used to analyze, track, and visualize satellite conjunction and orbital data.
• TALON Data fusion tool that integrates multi-source space surveillance and mission data for space domain awareness and operational decision-making.
• SPARTAN Test and evaluation (T&E) analysis platform supporting DoD and intelligence community space programs with modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.
• Mission Engineering Services End-to-end mission engineering support including mission planning, analysis, and lifecycle operations for civil, DoD, and commercial space programs.
• Ground Systems Engineering Design, development, integration, and operations support for satellite ground systems and mission control infrastructure.
• Spaceflight Safety Services Spaceflight safety analysis, collision avoidance, and conjunction assessment services for satellite operators and government space agencies.
• Flight Dynamics Services Flight dynamics engineering including orbit determination, attitude analysis, maneuver planning, and trajectory design for on-orbit satellites.
• Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Services Space situational awareness services including object tracking, catalog maintenance, and threat characterization for national security space customers.
• Software Engineering Services Custom software development, integration, and sustainment for mission-critical space and defense applications, including CMMI Level 2 appraised processes.
• Information Technology Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Artemis launch prep automation reduced prep time from weeks to hours, delivering significant cost savings for NASA
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, significant and minor.

• Pearl River Technologies LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 September 2019Omitron formed OPR LLC, a HUBZone Mentor Protégé joint venture with Pearl River Technologies, to hold the FDSS III prime contract with NASA GSFC (five-year IDIQ, $165M max). OPR is an unpopulated small business HUBZone joint venture. Subcontractors on FDSS III include a.i. solutions, Booz Allen Hamilton, McKinley Aerospace, and Thinking Systems.
• Raytheon Intelligence and Information SystemssignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerOmitron awarded subcontract by Raytheon to develop and deliver the Integrated Mission Timeline (IMT) software for integration into the JPSS ground system. IMT is based on Omitron's Timeline Management Tool (TMT).
• Pacifica Defense SolutionssignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerOmitron serves as subcontractor to Pacifica Defense Solutions on DARPA's OrbitOutlook (O2) program, which aims to improve the Space Surveillance Network by adding diverse data sources to increase space situational awareness.
• Lockheed Martin (Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications)significantStrategic or Co-development PartnerOmitron awarded subcontract to support Lockheed Martin's C2BMC contract supporting the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Initial effort involved restructuring supporting IT infrastructure with potential for broader scientific and engineering support.
• NOAA ProTech Satellite DomainsignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerOmitron holds a subcontract under NOAA's ProTech Satellite Domain contract focused on technical and scientific support of satellite acquisition, deployment, and ground system development/monitoring. One of 23 contracts under this IDIQ.
• a.i. solutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubcontractor to OPR LLC on FDSS III contract. a.i. solutions is a long-time industry partner in NASA flight dynamics support.
• Booz Allen HamiltoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubcontractor to OPR LLC on FDSS III NASA contract. BAH provides consulting and technical expertise as part of the joint venture team.
• Thinking SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubcontractor to OPR LLC on FDSS III. Also a subcontractor on the earlier FDSS II contract. Thinking Systems provides specialized flight dynamics expertise.
• Astrorum ConsultingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubcontractor on FDSS II contract providing consulting support to Omitron's NASA flight dynamics work.
• McKinley AerospaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubcontractor to OPR LLC on FDSS III contract.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• a.i. solutions: Closest direct peer — provides flight dynamics, mission operations, and software engineering support to NASA GSFC. a.i. solutions is also a teammate on FDSS III via the OPR LLC joint venture, and Omitron's BD Director Daryl Carrington was previously a Director there.
• Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI, now Ansys): Provider of Systems Tool Kit (STK) and commercial SSA/CA software widely used by satellite operators and DoD. Directly comparable commercial SSA software portfolio against Omitron's OwlEye and ASW; now part of Ansys giving it broader enterprise reach.
• COMSPOC (Commercial Space Operations Center): Commercial SSA provider offering spaceflight safety, conjunction assessment, and space traffic management services. Directly competes with OwlEye in serving commercial satellite operators and is a peer in the commercial SSA market.
• ExoAnalytic Solutions: Specialty defense contractor providing space domain awareness, non-traditional data sources, and tracking services supporting Space Force, NSDC, and CSpOC. Closely comparable niche SSA peer with overlapping defense customers.

Broad incumbents

• KBR (Science & Space): Major incumbent NASA contractor supporting mission operations, spaceflight systems, and IT services across multiple NASA centers (including GSFC and JSC). Competes with Omitron on flight dynamics and mission ops IDIQs at a much larger scale.
• SAIC: Large federal IT and engineering services prime with significant NASA, NOAA, Space Force, and intelligence community space programs. Competes for space situational awareness, ground systems, and mission operations IDIQs at enterprise scale.
• Leidos: Large defense and aerospace prime providing space systems engineering, satellite ground systems, and SSA services across civil and military customers. Competes broadly across Omitron's target customer set with much larger portfolio.
• Parsons Corporation: Major defense contractor with space, missile defense, and intelligence community programs including MDA and Space Force work. Competes for mission engineering and space C2 contracts overlapping with Omitron's DoD/IC portfolio.
• Peraton: Federal services prime providing space, intelligence, and defense IT solutions including SSA, ground systems, and mission operations. Competes with Omitron on space and IC programs as a much larger established prime.

Others

• Booz Allen Hamilton: Dual role — both teammate on FDSS III (subcontractor to OPR LLC) and competing systems integrator across NASA, DoD, and IC space programs. Comparable for federal capture muscle and small business teaming relationships relevant to Omitron's strategy.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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