What Orbis Inc does

ORBIS Inc. (legal name Orbis Sibro, Inc.) is a veteran-owned engineering solutions company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. The company delivers technology, engineering, logistics, and consulting services to the U.S. Department of Defense — particularly the Navy's submarine, shipyard, and surface warfare programs — through three operating units: ORBIS Government Services (IT and cybersecurity, logistics and configuration management, business and administrative services, and engineering management and consulting); ORBIS Industrial and Workforce Solutions (ship maintenance, repair, and modernization trade labor, plus workforce development through the Naval Shipyard Institute); and ORBIS Product Solutions (AI/ML, hardware/software integration, rapid prototyping, and test and evaluation, supported by ORBIS Labs in Charleston). ORBIS sells primarily via enterprise field sales to federal agencies, executing multi-year work through established contract vehicles including SeaPort-NxG, OASIS+, GSA Professional Engineering Services, eFAST, and DLA reverse engineering programs, with named customers spanning NAVSEA program offices, all four public naval shipyards, Electric Boat, Fluor Marine Propulsion, MDA, and international partner ASC Pty Ltd under AUKUS.

The company employs approximately 450 people across 25+ U.S. locations (with offices co-located at the Washington Navy Yard, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Groton, Philadelphia, Huntsville, San Diego, and Newport) and holds ISO 9001:2015, CMMI Maturity Level 4 for Development and Services (appraised May 2026), and full CMMC Level 2 / NIST 800-171 compliance. Its technical stack combines a 99.5%-reliable AI-assisted nondestructive testing model for radiographic weld inspection, NLP, predictive analytics, and computer vision capabilities, plus issued patents for a fiber optic moisture detector, a gas pump filter alarm, and a talking compass navigational aid. In April 2025 ORBIS acquired Canopy Design Lab to add silicon design, embedded systems, and cloud-based AI/ML depth, and in December 2025 it was selected for the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD IDIQ contract with a $150 billion ceiling, expanding its footprint from traditional submarine support into homeland missile defense and into Australia via the AUKUS program. Revenue is contract-based, multi-year, and not publicly disclosed; the firm is privately held with no disclosed parent company or institutional funding rounds.

Name

Orbis Inc

Legal name

Orbis Sibro, Inc.

Website

https://orbisinc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ORBIS Inc. is a veteran-owned U.S. defense contractor (founded 2000, ~450 employees) providing engineering, IT, logistics, AI/ML, and shipyard workforce solutions to NAVSEA, the public naval shipyards, and allied submarine programs, with selected positions on the MDA SHIELD IDIQ and the AUKUS/ASC partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Engineering Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & IT Advisory (BPAEAAAA)

Keywords

• Defense engineering services
• Naval shipyard support
• Ship maintenance modernization
• Government IT cybersecurity
• AI/ML defense solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Services: Professional services supporting DoD and federal government including IT & Cybersecurity, Logistics & Configuration Management, Business & Administrative Services, and Engineering Management & Consulting. Delivered through contract vehicles like SeaPort-NxG, OASIS+, and GSA schedules.
2. Industrial & Workforce Solutions: Ship maintenance, repair, and modernization trade labor support; workforce development and training through Naval Shipyard Institute (NSI). Supports U.S. Navy shipyards and maritime industrial base.
3. Product Solutions: AI/ML solutions, hardware/software integration, test & evaluation systems, and rapid prototyping. Includes development and delivery of products like fiber optic moisture detectors and specialized sensors for defense applications.
4. MDA SHIELD Contract: Selected to support Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD IDIQ contract with $150 billion ceiling for delivering innovative capabilities leveraging AI/ML, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ORBIS Inc. delivers mission-critical engineering, technical, and consulting services to the U.S. Department of Defense, federal agencies, and commercial customers through three business units: Government Services (IT & cybersecurity, logistics & configuration management, business & administrative services, and engineering management & consulting); Industrial & Workforce Solutions (ship maintenance, repair, and modernization trade labor plus workforce development through the Naval Shipyard Institute); and Product Solutions (AI/ML, hardware/software integration, rapid prototyping, and test & evaluation systems). The company also develops and delivers specialized physical products such as the Fiber Optic Moisture Detector, Gas Pump Filter Alarm, and Talking Compass.

Product overview

ORBIS Inc operates as an engineering solutions company with four core business areas: Government Services (OGS) providing IT, cybersecurity, logistics, and engineering consulting for defense; Industrial & Workforce Solutions (OIS) delivering ship maintenance, repair, and modernization labor support through the Naval Shipyard Institute (NSI); and Product Solutions (OPS) encompassing ORBIS AI for AI/ML services, ORBIS Labs for hardware/software integration and rapid prototyping, and physical products including the Fiber Optic Moisture Detector, Gas Pump Filter Alarm, and Talking Compass. The April 2025 acquisition of Canopy Design Lab expanded capabilities in silicon design, embedded systems, and cloud-based AI/ML. The company serves federal government (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, DoD) and commercial customers across maritime, defense, and industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OGS (ORBIS Government Services): Government services division providing IT & Cybersecurity, Logistics & Configuration Management, Business & Administrative Services, and Engineering Management & Consulting
• OIS (ORBIS Industrial & Workforce Solutions)
• OPS (ORBIS Product Solutions)
• ORBIS Labs
• ORBIS AI
• Naval Shipyard Institute (NSI)

Products and services

• ORBIS Government Services (OGS) Provides IT & cybersecurity, logistics and configuration management, business and administrative services, and engineering management and consulting to DoD and federal agencies including NAVSEA, Warfare Centers, and the Navy industrial enterprise.
• ORBIS Industrial & Workforce Solutions (OIS) Delivers specialized ship maintenance, repair, and modernization trade labor support along with workforce development and training services for naval shipyards and the maritime industrial base.
• ORBIS Product Solutions (OPS) End-to-end product innovation combining AI/ML, hardware/software integration, rapid prototyping, and test & evaluation systems, supporting both government R&D and commercial innovation efforts.
• Naval Shipyard Institute (NSI) Premier training partner for skilled trades and professional workforce development, strengthening public shipyards and the maritime industrial base through accelerated workforce readiness programs delivering 46% faster ROI than conventional direct-hire pathways.
• ORBIS AI AI and machine learning product line delivering tailored models for predictive analytics, natural language processing, computer vision, and operational efficiency enhancement across government and commercial sectors.
• ORBIS Labs R&D facility in Charleston, SC providing hardware/software integration, rapid prototyping, and test & evaluation systems with expertise spanning embedded systems, sensors, compute platforms, firmware, and middleware development.
• Fiber Optic Moisture Detector Physical product designed to detect liquid ingress past connectors and seals in wet or undersea environments using moisture-sensitive fiber optic cable technology.
• Gas Pump Filter Alarm Wireless Bluetooth-enabled device designed to alert gas station employees when a gas pump filter is becoming clogged.
• Talking Compass Navigational aid for the vision impaired with programmable waypoints to map courses, GPS data collection, and audible/sensory feedback via a tactical headband.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.5% AI reliability rate compared to human inspectors in NDT radiographic weld inspection
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability11 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Missile Defense Agency (MDA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 December 2025ORBIS selected to support MDA's SHIELD Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense IDIQ contract. With a $150 billion contract ceiling, this multiple award IDIQ allows MDA and DoD entities to rapidly compete orders. Work includes AI/ML-enabled applications, digital engineering, open systems architectures, model-based systems engineering, and agile processes for air and missile defense capabilities.
• Canopy Design LabcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2025ORBIS acquired Canopy Design Lab, a research and engineering design firm founded in Charleston SC in 2014. Canopy brings expertise spanning low-level silicon design through embedded systems and cloud-based AI/ML. Dr. Michael Wieckowski, Canopy Co-Founder, joined ORBIS as CTO. Additional founders Andrew Casperson and Kevin Hammer assume innovation leadership positions in ORBIS Product Solutions.
• ASC Pty LtdflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2024ASC Pty Ltd (Australia's submarine company) selected ORBIS as its first US AUKUS capability collaboration partner. ORBIS will perform a Submarine Rotational Force-West (SRF-W) Gap Analysis to support ASC's development of SSN Submarine Support System Plan and Industrial Workforce Plan for AUKUS SSN Sustainment program. This is a key milestone in Australia's efforts to sustain its nuclear submarine capability, enabling training placements in the USA for ASC's Australian employees for Virginia Class sustainment roles.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• CACI International: Major defense IT, engineering, and digital-solutions prime that competes for the same NAVSEA, DoD, and AI/digital-engineering work ORBIS pursues, at much larger scale.
• Serco Inc: Large government-services contractor with extensive Navy ship-modernization, engineering, and training portfolios that overlap ORBIS's offerings but as part of a far broader business.
• Leidos: Large defense and federal services prime spanning naval engineering (incl. Gibbs & Cox), AI/ML, and systems integration, overlapping ORBIS across multiple service lines.
• Huntington Ingalls Industries (Mission Technologies): Shipbuilder whose Mission Technologies division provides naval engineering, sustainment, and unmanned/AI services to the same Navy customers ORBIS serves.
• SAIC: Federal systems-integration and engineering prime competing for DoD IT, digital-engineering, and technical-services contracts that overlap ORBIS's Government Services.

Direct peers

• Epsilon Systems Solutions: Delivers Navy ship maintenance, modernization, training, and engineering services, closely mirroring ORBIS's Industrial & Workforce Solutions and Government Services lines.
• Q.E.D. Systems: Provides naval ship repair, engineering, and life-cycle support to NAVSEA and the fleet, directly overlapping ORBIS's government engineering and ship-maintenance services for the same Navy customers.
• McKean Defense Group: Naval engineering, life-cycle, and platform-modernization services firm serving NAVSEA and submarine/surface programs, a direct comparable to ORBIS's defense engineering core.
• Gryphon Technologies: Engineering and technical services provider to Navy and DoD platforms (since acquired by ManTech), historically a close peer to ORBIS in naval life-cycle engineering support.

Emerging players

• BlueHalo: Fast-growing defense technology firm in AI, missile defense, and advanced engineering; intersects ORBIS in air/missile-defense and AI-enabled defense capabilities (and is a prior employer of ORBIS leadership).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/orbis.inc

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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