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ORBITEC
Legal namestring
Sierra Space
Websiteurl
orbitec.com
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
1988
Descriptiontext

ORBITEC is a privately held U.S. subsystems integrator and high-technology development company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, operating with a headcount of 51–100 employees. Its public positioning describes it as a 'leading subsystems integrator and high technology development company,' which in the context of the adjacent Sierra Space / Sierra Nevada Corporation ecosystem indicates a supplier of specialized components and engineering services into aerospace, defense, and related high-tech programs. The Sierra Space source flags an organizational relationship in which ORBITEC (Orbital Technologies Corporation) was acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation, with relevant space-systems assets later contributing to Sierra Space's formation from SNC's space division. Functionally, subsystems integrators of this profile typically take responsibility for designing, qualifying, and delivering engineered subassemblies — often propulsion, fluid or thermal systems, or similar mission-critical hardware — under prime-contractor and government procurement frameworks, with revenue derived from milestone-based development contracts, cost-plus or fixed-price production orders, and program-funded engineering services. No product catalog, pricing model, customer roster, technology stack detail, or revenue figures are disclosed in the source material, limiting the granularity of this description.

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ORBITEC is a U.S. subsystems integrator and high-technology development company founded in 1988, serving aerospace, defense, and related high-tech programs with specialized engineering and component delivery from Madison, Wisconsin.

Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
51–100
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersMadison, United States
HQ citystring
Madison
HQ countrystring
United States
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
aerospace subsystems integration, high technology development, space defense engineering, propulsion systems engineering, spacecraft subsystem design
Industry3 codes
1Spacecraft Integration, Assembly & Test (IAT)
CodeIMABACAKPrimaryYes
2Spacecraft & Satellites (Civil/Commercial)
CodeIMABACABPrimaryNo
3Spacecraft Avionics, Flight Computers & Software
CodeIMABACAIPrimaryNo
NAICS code2 codes
  • Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing336414
  • Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing336419
SIC code2 codes
  • Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts3760
  • Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys3812
Product category
Aerospace & Defense Subsystems Integration
Social media profiles1 record
Cost components3 values
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

ORBITEC (Orbital Technologies Corporation) is a subsystems integrator and high-technology development company that designs, develops, and integrates aerospace and space-defense subsystems for government and commercial customers. The company supports advanced technology programs in areas such as space propulsion, life support, and related high-technology systems.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product and service2 records
1Aerospace & Space-Defense Subsystems Integration
CategoryAerospace & Defense Engineering Services
2High-Technology Development Services
CategoryHigh-Technology R&D Services
Recent move3 records

Each record includes

Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Peers10 records
1Sierra Space
TypeDirect peer
Description

Sierra Space is the parent-related entity that absorbed ORBITEC through Sierra Nevada Corporation's space systems division. It works on spacecraft, in-space logistics, and defense space platforms, directly overlapping ORBITEC's subsystems integration and high-technology development focus.

2Northrop Grumman
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Northrop Grumman's Space Systems division builds spacecraft, launch vehicles, and missile systems, often sourcing subsystems from firms like ORBITEC. It is a key customer and adjacent player in the same value chain.

3Moog Inc.
TypeDirect peer
Description

Moog designs and manufactures precision motion control products and subsystems for space, defense, and aerospace. Like ORBITEC, it operates as a specialist subsystem supplier to prime contractors on launch vehicles, satellites, and missile platforms.

4Maxar Technologies
TypeDirect peer
Description

Maxar designs and manufactures spacecraft, antennas, and subsystems for commercial and government space missions. It is comparable to ORBITEC as an integrated space hardware and subsystem developer.

5Lockheed Martin Space
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Lockheed Martin Space manufactures satellites, missile systems, and human spaceflight platforms. As a major prime, it directly drives demand for ORBITEC's subsystems integration work and competes in adjacent integration capabilities.

6Honeywell Aerospace
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Honeywell Aerospace supplies avionics, guidance, navigation, and control subsystems across aviation and space. It overlaps with ORBITEC in providing high-technology flight subsystems to space and defense primes.

7Aerojet Rocketdyne
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Aerojet Rocketdyne (now part of L3Harris) provides propulsion and integrated power subsystems for launch vehicles and missile defense. It overlaps with ORBITEC in delivering mission-critical subsystems to defense and space primes.

8L3Harris Technologies
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

L3Harris provides integrated space systems, payloads, and electronic subsystems for defense and intelligence missions. Its space division competes in similar integration and high-technology development work.

9Ball Aerospace
TypeDirect peer
Description

Ball Aerospace manufactures spacecraft, instruments, and integrated space systems. It is comparable to ORBITEC in delivering integrated subsystems and spacecraft hardware to civil, commercial, and defense customers.

10RUAG Space
TypeRegional player
Description

RUAG Space supplies structural, thermal, and electronic subsystems for launchers and satellites, primarily to European primes. It is comparable to ORBITEC in the type of high-technology subsystem integration work it performs.

Market position
Strengths4 records

Each record includes

Headline, Details, Source

Weaknesses4 records

Each record includes

Headline, Details, Source

Competitive moat4 records

Each record includes

Type, Details

Key risks4 records

Each record includes

Headline, Details, Source

Key highlights4 records

Each record includes

Headline, Details, Source

Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Ideal customer profile1 record

Each record includes

Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
Yes
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Core technology
Revenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Number of profiles
No data
No data
Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds1 record

Each record includes

Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors

Each record includes

Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

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M&A

Each record includes

Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

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ORBITEC

Aerospace & Defense Subsystems Integrationorbitec.com

ORBITEC is a U.S. subsystems integrator and high-technology development company founded in 1988, serving aerospace, defense, and related high-tech programs with specialized engineering and component delivery from Madison, Wisconsin.

What ORBITEC does

ORBITEC is a privately held U.S. subsystems integrator and high-technology development company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, operating with a headcount of 51–100 employees. Its public positioning describes it as a 'leading subsystems integrator and high technology development company,' which in the context of the adjacent Sierra Space / Sierra Nevada Corporation ecosystem indicates a supplier of specialized components and engineering services into aerospace, defense, and related high-tech programs. The Sierra Space source flags an organizational relationship in which ORBITEC (Orbital Technologies Corporation) was acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation, with relevant space-systems assets later contributing to Sierra Space's formation from SNC's space division. Functionally, subsystems integrators of this profile typically take responsibility for designing, qualifying, and delivering engineered subassemblies — often propulsion, fluid or thermal systems, or similar mission-critical hardware — under prime-contractor and government procurement frameworks, with revenue derived from milestone-based development contracts, cost-plus or fixed-price production orders, and program-funded engineering services. No product catalog, pricing model, customer roster, technology stack detail, or revenue figures are disclosed in the source material, limiting the granularity of this description.

ORBITEC firmographics

Firmographics
Name
ORBITEC
Legal name
Sierra Space
Website
https://orbitec.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
1988
Headcount range
51–100 employees
Short description
ORBITEC is a U.S. subsystems integrator and high-technology development company founded in 1988, serving aerospace, defense, and related high-tech programs with specialized engineering and component delivery from Madison, Wisconsin.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

ORBITEC industry classification

Industry
Product category
Aerospace & Defense Subsystems Integration
NAICS
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414), Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336419)
SIC
Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)
akta.pro primary industry
Spacecraft Integration, Assembly & Test (IAT) (IMABACAK)
akta.pro secondary industries
Spacecraft & Satellites (Civil/Commercial) (IMABACAB), Spacecraft Avionics, Flight Computers & Software (IMABACAI)

Keywords

  • Aerospace subsystems integration
  • High technology development
  • Space defense engineering
  • Propulsion systems engineering
  • Spacecraft subsystem design

Where ORBITEC is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Madison
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

ORBITEC business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

ORBITEC product offering

Product offering

Core offering

ORBITEC (Orbital Technologies Corporation) is a subsystems integrator and high-technology development company that designs, develops, and integrates aerospace and space-defense subsystems for government and commercial customers. The company supports advanced technology programs in areas such as space propulsion, life support, and related high-technology systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Aerospace & Space-Defense Subsystems Integration
  • High-Technology Development Services

Companies that use ORBITEC

Customer profile

Ideal customer profiles1 record

ORBITEC technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

ORBITEC partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Recent moves3 records

ORBITEC competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Sierra Space: Sierra Space is the parent-related entity that absorbed ORBITEC through Sierra Nevada Corporation's space systems division. It works on spacecraft, in-space logistics, and defense space platforms, directly overlapping ORBITEC's subsystems integration and high-technology development focus.
  • Moog Inc. Moog designs and manufactures precision motion control products and subsystems for space, defense, and aerospace. Like ORBITEC, it operates as a specialist subsystem supplier to prime contractors on launch vehicles, satellites, and missile platforms.
  • Maxar Technologies: Maxar designs and manufactures spacecraft, antennas, and subsystems for commercial and government space missions. It is comparable to ORBITEC as an integrated space hardware and subsystem developer.
  • Ball Aerospace: Ball Aerospace manufactures spacecraft, instruments, and integrated space systems. It is comparable to ORBITEC in delivering integrated subsystems and spacecraft hardware to civil, commercial, and defense customers.

Broad incumbents

  • Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman's Space Systems division builds spacecraft, launch vehicles, and missile systems, often sourcing subsystems from firms like ORBITEC. It is a key customer and adjacent player in the same value chain.
  • Lockheed Martin Space: Lockheed Martin Space manufactures satellites, missile systems, and human spaceflight platforms. As a major prime, it directly drives demand for ORBITEC's subsystems integration work and competes in adjacent integration capabilities.
  • Honeywell Aerospace: Honeywell Aerospace supplies avionics, guidance, navigation, and control subsystems across aviation and space. It overlaps with ORBITEC in providing high-technology flight subsystems to space and defense primes.
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne (now part of L3Harris) provides propulsion and integrated power subsystems for launch vehicles and missile defense. It overlaps with ORBITEC in delivering mission-critical subsystems to defense and space primes.
  • L3Harris Technologies: L3Harris provides integrated space systems, payloads, and electronic subsystems for defense and intelligence missions. Its space division competes in similar integration and high-technology development work.

Regional players

  • RUAG Space: RUAG Space supplies structural, thermal, and electronic subsystems for launchers and satellites, primarily to European primes. It is comparable to ORBITEC in the type of high-technology subsystem integration work it performs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

ORBITEC social profiles

Digital presence

ORBITEC financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

ORBITEC leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

ORBITEC funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

ORBITEC M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about ORBITEC

What does ORBITEC do?

ORBITEC (Orbital Technologies Corporation) is a subsystems integrator and high-technology development company that designs, develops, and integrates aerospace and space-defense subsystems for government and commercial customers. The company supports advanced technology programs in areas such as space propulsion, life support, and related high-technology systems.

When was ORBITEC founded?

ORBITEC was founded in 1988. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is ORBITEC based?

ORBITEC is headquartered in Madison, United States, in the North America region.

Who are ORBITEC's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Sierra Space, Moog Inc., Maxar Technologies and Ball Aerospace. Broad incumbents are Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin Space, Honeywell Aerospace, Aerojet Rocketdyne and L3Harris Technologies. RUAG Space is listed as a regional player.

Does ORBITEC have an API?

No public API is recorded for ORBITEC.

What industry is ORBITEC in?

ORBITEC's product category is Aerospace & Defense Subsystems Integration. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMABACAK, Spacecraft Integration, Assembly & Test (IAT), with a secondary code of IMABACAB, Spacecraft & Satellites (Civil/Commercial). Its NAICS code is 336414 and its SIC code is 3760.

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