Orbit Advanced Technologies, Inc.

Orbit Advanced Technologies, Inc., a foreign-owned small business manufacturer based in Warminster, Pennsylvania, supplies specialized test and measurement equipment and related services to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor, operating nearly exclusively on non-set-aside procurements (99% prime awards) with no recourse to 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB certifications.

Orbit's core capability is advanced test and measurement solutions for defense applications — antenna metrology systems, anechoic chambers, compact ranges, RF subsystems, positioning equipment, spectrum analysis software, and diagnostic support. The vendor functions as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for several Navy programs, notably the Radiated Energy Tracking Sub-System supporting the AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band electronic warfare system, a posture that has yielded multiple sole-source awards across Naval commands. Representative prime work includes a $1.84 million definitive contract from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on July 31, 2025, for an upgrade of an Orbit-brand tapered anechoic chamber at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren; a $3.99 million anechoic chamber upgrade from NAVSEA (total small business set-aside) awarded July 30, 2025; a $1.23 million sole-source indefinite delivery contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAAC) effective January 24, 2024, for RETS supplies and services through January 23, 2029; and a $11.2 million definitive contract from NASA Glenn Research Center on September 29, 2021, for specialized antenna metrology equipment to outfit near-field and compact-range facilities. Orbit also holds a $500,000 single-award BPA with NAVSEA (effective August 21, 2024, through August 20, 2029) against which eight task orders have been placed, with combined potential value of $415 thousand.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to the Navy. The top five funding agencies account for 58% of awards by count and 63% by combined potential value, dominated by NAVSEA (63 awards, $12.6 million combined potential value), Naval Air Warfare Center (59 awards, $5.8 million), and Naval Air Systems Command (19 awards, $4.7 million), with the Office of Naval Research (44 awards, $3.7 million) and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (17 awards, $1.3 million) completing the set. Orbit has worked with 39 distinct customer agencies across recent awards, but Navy business represents the overwhelming majority of dollar value and task order volume. The vendor operates under the parent entity Mvg, Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer headquartered in Marietta, Georgia.

Activity has moderated in recent years — 14 awards in 2022, declining to eight in 2023, recovering to 15 in 2024, then declining to nine in 2025 — with one award recorded in 2026 (the March 20, 2026, $17,500 BPA call from NAVSEA). Seven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $7.7 million and face recompete risk. Combined obligated dollars ($52.7 million) exceed combined potential value ($44.2 million), indicating that the vendor has exceeded ceiling values across its award footprint.

Orbit operates almost entirely as a prime contractor (99% of awards). Service Contract Inventory data shows minimal SCI-reportable activity — two records as a named subcontractor across FY2022–FY2024, with sub-engagement too sparse to characterize a teaming profile. As a subcontractor, Orbit has supplied electronic components and repair services to Raytheon Company (two awards in August 2024 for radar processor calibration and repair), Big Safari electronic components to Sierra Nevada Company, LLC (November 15, 2024), and developed equipment to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory FFRDC (June 12, 2025). The sub footprint is negligible relative to prime work; Orbit's delivery model is built on its own manufacturing and engineering resources rather than subcontractor teams.

Orbit's award portfolio spans multiple test-and-measurement PSC categories — Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment (54 awards), Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments (48 awards), and Information Technology Software (37 awards) — with primary NAICS concentration in Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (163 awards) and Software Publishers (34 awards). The vendor's posture across set-asides is non-competitive; the rare set-aside awards (such as the $2.44 million PM 512 RF Anechoic Chamber upgrade from Naval Air Warfare Center in October 2022, and the $3.99 million NAVSEA anechoic chamber upgrade in July 2025) were designated total small business set-asides, but the bulk of Orbit's work flows through unrestricted, full-and-open procurements where the vendor competes on proprietary OEM capability and sole-source authority as the original manufacturer of RETS and related subsystems.