Talen-X, Inc.

Talen-X, Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) simulation hardware and software headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, operates as a prime contractor on positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) solutions for defense and federal agencies, with a roughly even split between prime awards (49%) and subcontractor work (51%) across 72 recent federal contracts valued at $17.1 million in combined potential value. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Orolia Defense & Security, LLC, also foreign-owned and based in Rochester, New York.

Talen-X's capability portfolio centers on BROADSIM and related GNSS simulators—hardware platforms and software suites that enable realistic emulation of satellite navigation signals, jamming, spoofing, and multi-frequency positioning scenarios for testing and evaluation of military and aerospace PNT systems. Representative prime contracts include a $2.238 million firm fixed-price maintenance and servicing order from Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (awarded March 2026, completion March 2027) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; a $955,930 five-year BROADSIM Upgrade, Maintenance, and Service contract with the U.S. Air Force (March 2024, completion March 2029) performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico; a $1.977 million Naval Air Warfare Center research and development contract for a new GNSS Wavefront Simulator (August 2023, delivery December 2023) at China Lake, California; and a $662,882.77 Air Force Test Center definitive contract for OROLIA BROADSIM wavefront software and hardware maintenance (December 2023, completion November 2028). A $206,230 total small business set-aside contract with the Federal Aviation Administration (June 2023, completion September 2023) procured an Orolia BROADSIM GNSS simulator with Panacea and Panorama software for Atlantic City, New Jersey. Recent awards also include a $322,620 National Telecommunications and Information Administration order for GNSS products and services (June 2024) and smaller purchase orders from NTIA ($36,300, September 2026) and the Technical Center ($50,620, September 2026) for hardware and software support.

Customer concentration divides between Army and Air Force research and test commands. The top five funding agencies account for 40% of awards by count: Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command leads with eight awards valued at $6.4 million combined potential value, followed by Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (six awards), Naval Air Warfare Center (five awards, $722 thousand combined potential value), Army Space and Missile Defense Command (five awards), and the Air Force (five awards, $2.2 million combined potential value). By potential value, the top five customers represent 83% of the combined dollar base, with Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command anchoring the portfolio at $6.4 million, Air Force Materiel Command Test Center at $2.9 million (three awards), and the Navy Secretary of the Navy Assistant for Administration at $2 million (one award). Primary NAICS codes reflect the hardware-and-simulation focus: 22 awards fall under Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, and 20 under Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing.

Talen-X sits on multiple Army indefinite delivery contracts: W56KGU18D0004 with six task orders and W31P4Q20D0032 with two task orders, as well as the GSA-managed One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services—Small Business vehicle with five task orders and the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract with three task orders. The company does not anchor its prime footprint to large GWACs; work flows through agency-specific IDIQs and direct purchase orders.

Activity peaked at 19 awards in 2023 and has moderated to eight awards year-to-date in 2026 (as of September). The recompete horizon is light: only two awards (combined potential value $2.3 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, posing minimal near-term recompete risk. However, the source indicates combined dollars obligated ($23.5 million) exceed combined potential value ($17.1 million) by 37%, suggesting active task order execution against lower-ceiling master contracts.

In its subcontractor role, Talen-X provides GNSS simulation hardware, software, and perpetual licenses to major primes including Lockheed Martin (BROADSIM platforms and configurations for NGI AUR development), Northrop Grumman (BSIM GPS variants for precision guidance kits), Raytheon (GPS simulation and test equipment for hypersonic and foreign military sales programs), The Mitre Corporation (PNT simulation and modeling supporting Army Assured PNT product lines), HII Mission Technologies Corp (subscription services and radios for Army Research Laboratory photonics programs), Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (GPS signal simulators for electromagnetic warfare and joint air defense systems), KBR Wyle Services (commercially available GNSS testing hardware and software for the OMEGA program), and Radiance Technologies (BROADSIM and Skydel software support for PNT resiliency labs). The company competes across full-and-open procurements without reliance on set-aside categories; the single identified set-aside in the award history is a total small business designation on the FAA contract.