What ARC Technology Solutions, LLC does

ARC Technology Solutions, LLC is a privately held, veteran-owned electronic manufacturing and engineering services company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire. Originally established as ARC Radar and Communication Services, Inc. by ex-Raytheon engineers, ARC designs and builds custom automated test equipment (ATE), torque tooling and assembly systems, process verification platforms, and FPGA-based solutions primarily for aerospace, defense, transportation, and industrial manufacturing markets. The company serves a roster that includes major defense primes (Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Boeing), federal agencies (U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, FAA), and commercial manufacturers (GE Aviation, Kenworth).

The company's product platform is anchored by five core technologies: Digital System X (DSX), a high-speed FPGA-based digital stimulus-response test platform powered by Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGAs with up to 384 digital I/O lines; Process Verification System (PVS), a hardware-software platform for workflow error-proofing with an optional PVS AR augmented reality (HoloLens) extension; Mixed Signal Automated Tester (MSAT), a system-on-a-chip platform for analog, RF testing up to 50 GHz, and high-speed digital testing; TestCentre, a lightweight LabVIEW-based test executive; and Engineering Support Platform (ESP), a rapid FPGA prototyping solution. These platforms are integrated with third-party toolchains from National Instruments (PXI, LabVIEW, TestStand), Keysight, Virginia Panel, Atlas Copco, Desoutter, and Ingersoll Rand.

ARC operates a project-based, quote-driven business model. Revenue is generated through one-time/perpetual license sales of custom test systems and standard product platforms, build-to-print contract manufacturing services, and subscription-based support contracts (warranty extension, remote support, on-site staffing). Distribution is direct via assigned account managers and inside sales teams, with free onsite engineering consultations as the primary sales motion. The company is ISO 9001:2015 registered and ITAR compliant, currently pursuing AS9100 aerospace certification under a dedicated Director of Quality, and employs between 11-50 people. Customer outcomes cited include a 90% productivity gain at an aircraft engine manufacturer using ARC's automated vertical torque tool solution.

Name

ARC Technology Solutions, LLC

Legal name

ARC Technology Solutions, LLC

Website

https://arcserv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ARC Technology Solutions designs custom automated test equipment, torque tooling, and FPGA-based process verification systems for aerospace, defense, transportation, and industrial manufacturers, serving defense primes, government agencies, and Fortune 500 firms since 1999.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automated Test Equipment and Manufacturing Systems

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Test & Measurement Equipment (Oscilloscopes, DAQ, signal analyzers, calibration benches) (IMAGAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Avionics Test, Simulation & Calibration Equipment (IMABAFAN), Military Aerospace Ground Support Equipment (GSE) & Test Systems (IMABAMAL)

Keywords

• Automated test equipment
• Torque assembly solutions
• Process verification systems
• FPGA-based test platforms
• Defense electronics manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashua

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Test Solutions and Systems: Design and build of custom automated test equipment (ATE), end-of-line functional testers, and mixed signal test systems for defense, aerospace, and industrial applications. Revenue is project-based with fixed price or ROM (rough order of magnitude) quotes.
2. Torque and Assembly Solutions: Custom torque tooling, fixtured tools, error-proofing systems, and PVS platform sales. Includes manual, semi-automated, and fully automated torque solutions for aerospace, automotive, and trucking industries.
3. Build-to-Print Manufacturing: Contract manufacturing services for complex electro-mechanical assemblies, CCA subassemblies, cable assemblies, and integrated racks for aerospace and defense programs. Supports low-volume, high-complexity builds.
4. Product Support and Services: On-site maintenance, production support, warranty repair, remote support, and installation services. Warranty typically 1 year from delivery, extendable through paid service plans.
5. Technology Insertion and Sustainment: Legacy system upgrades, depot repair and redesign, and FPGA-based technology modernization solutions to replace obsolete components while maintaining form, fit, and function.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ARC Technology Solutions designs and manufactures custom automated test equipment (ATE), torque tooling systems, and process verification platforms for aerospace, defense, transportation, and industrial manufacturing markets. The company builds FPGA-based digital test platforms (DSX, ESP), mixed signal automated testers (MSAT), workflow error-proofing systems (PVS), and provides contract build-to-print manufacturing and depot repair services for Fortune 500 clients and U.S. government agencies.

Product overview

ARC Technology Solutions offers a platform-based architecture centered on test, verification, and engineering support products. The core offerings include MSAT (Mixed Signal Automated Tester) for comprehensive functional testing, DSX (Digital System X) as the underlying FPGA technology powering both MSAT and ESP, and PVS (Process Verification System) for manufacturing error-proofing with an optional PVS AR augmented reality module. TestCentre provides a lighter-weight test executive option, while ESP enables rapid FPGA prototyping and deployment. These products work together: DSX provides the digital stimulus-response foundation, PVS manages workflow verification and torque data collection, MSAT/TestCentre deliver automated testing capabilities, and ESP supports new product development and technology insertion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital System X (DSX) High-speed digital prototyping and test platform built with flexibility in mind. Features up to 384 digital I/O lines and default High Speed Test firmware for stimulus-response testing, loop back, and custom protocols. Powered by Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA. Used by aerospace, defense, and commercial manufacturers for digital test applications.
• Process Verification System (PVS) Hardware and software platform for error-proofing manufacturing workflows. Reads and controls devices including torque tools, guides operators through custom workflows, and logs process data with MES integration capability. Used by aerospace, automotive, and trucking manufacturers for process verification and quality data collection.
• Mixed Signal Automated Tester (MSAT) Flexible automated mixed signal tester system featuring DSX technology, PXI instrumentation, Virginia Panel interface, and TestCentre software. Supports high speed digital, analog, and RF testing for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications.
• TestCentre Lightweight test executive software providing sequence-based architecture for automated testing. Lower cost alternative to full-featured test executives, designed for circuit card testing, module testing, and depot repair troubleshooting. Combines with RF analyzers and PXI-based test solutions.
• Engineering Support Platform (ESP) Rapid prototyping solution powered by DSX-Core with dual Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGAs. Enables quick FPGA application development, deployment and support. Available in desktop or rack-mounted configurations. Used for radar systems, testers, pattern generation, video processing, and digital signal processing.
• Automated Torque Tooling Solutions Custom automated torque tooling, fixtured tools, and error-proofing systems including manual, semi-automated, and fully automated torque solutions. Used by aerospace, automotive, and trucking manufacturers for fastener assembly and torque verification.
• Build-to-Print and Engineer-to-Print Manufacturing Contract manufacturing services for complex electro-mechanical assemblies, circuit card assembly (CCA) subassemblies, cable assemblies, and integrated racks. Supports low-volume, high-complexity builds for aerospace and defense programs with both build-to-print and engineer-to-print approaches.
• Install and Development Services Installation and development services supporting deployment of ARC test systems, torque solutions, and automation equipment at customer sites globally.
• Warranty Repair and Support Services On-site maintenance, production support, warranty repair, and installation services for ARC's products. Warranty coverage typically 1 year from delivery, extendable through paid extended service plans.
• Remote Support Services Remote support packages and on-site staffing solutions delivered to customers domestically and internationally including Mexico, China, and other global plant locations.
• Depot Repair and Redesign Services Depot repair solutions, obsolescence mitigation, technology insertion, and legacy system redesign services. Supports DMSMS (Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages) challenges for defense and government customers maintaining mission-critical systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% productivity gain achieved: Reduced torque process from 10 hours to under 2 hours for aircraft engine manufacturer
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Secure ComponentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecure Components aims to innovate supply chain risk mitigation solutions for reduced risks and costs in legacy system sustainment. ARC partnered with Secure Components to solve customer obsolescence problems and mitigate risks in existing and new designs. ARC uses Secure Components' RAS service to help predict obsolescence and solve DMSMS issues.
• KenworthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKenworth partnered with ARC to design custom software adapters for torque error-proofing systems. Kenworth's Chillicothe plant received 2020 Manufacturing Leadership Awards for the Tool Error Proofing System and Cab Trim Finish Line projects that ARC helped develop.
• National InstrumentscoreTechnology or IntegrationARC is a National Instruments Alliance Member, leveraging NI hardware and software platforms (PXI instrumentation, LabVIEW, TestStand) in automated test solutions.
• KeysightcoreTechnology or IntegrationARC is a Keysight Solution Partner, integrating Keysight hardware into test and automation solutions for customers requiring precision analog, RF, and high-speed digital testing.
• Xilinx (AMD)coreTechnology or IntegrationARC uses Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGAs in DSX and ESP platforms. AMD-Xilinx announced these devices will be supported at least until 2035.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Teradyne: Teradyne's Defense & Aerospace division supplies functional ATE and test-program-set services for complex electronic assemblies, overlapping with ARC's defense/end-of-line testing business while operating at substantially greater scale.
• National Instruments (Emerson): NI/Emerson is the dominant supplier of PXI modular instrumentation, LabVIEW and TestStand - the underlying platform stack ARC builds upon - and offers its own test executive software that competes with ARC's TestCentre and MSAT offerings.
• Keysight Technologies: Keysight is a global test-and-measurement incumbent whose RF, high-speed digital and PXI instruments are integrated into ARC's solutions (as a Solution Partner); Keysight also sells complete ATE and test software that competes with ARC at the program level.
• Rohde & Schwarz: Rohde & Schwarz is a major T&M incumbent with strong positions in RF, microwave and aerospace test up to and beyond ARC's 50 GHz capability, competing for the same RF test and EW verification budgets at defense primes.
• Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions: Curtiss-Wright supplies rugged COTS test, measurement and recording subsystems for defense platforms; while broader than ARC's niche, it competes for similar flight-line and depot test budgets and is an established prime-contractor supplier.

Direct peers

• Bloomy Controls: Bloomy builds custom automated test systems on National Instruments platforms for aerospace, defense and life sciences, mirroring ARC's PXI/LabVIEW-based MSAT and TestCentre architecture and serving similar functional test and depot repair use cases.
• North Atlantic Industries: NAI supplies rugged embedded test and measurement instruments, FPGA-based I/O and custom ATE subsystems for defense and aerospace, comparable to ARC's FPGA-centric DSX/ESP platforms for mission-critical test and simulation programs.
• Marvin Test Solutions: Marvin Test Solutions designs and manufactures commercial and military automated test equipment, including PXI-based flight-line and depot test systems, directly competing with ARC's MSAT, DSX and TestCentre offerings for aerospace and defense end-of-line test.
• S.E.A. Datentechnik GmbH: S.E.A. is a European specialist in custom ATE for avionics and military electronics, providing functional test, in-circuit test and depot solutions that map directly to ARC's MSAT, PVS and build-to-print offerings for aerospace primes.
• Astronics Corporation (Test Systems): Astronics Test Systems provides automated test equipment for avionics, military and commercial aerospace applications, overlapping directly with ARC's MSAT mixed-signal and PXI-based solutions for radar, EW and platform electronics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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