Safran Defense & Space, Inc.

Safran Defense & Space, Inc. Testing & Telemetry Division, doing business as Zodiac Data Systems, is a foreign-owned subsidiary of French multinational Sagem SA that manufactures and sells airborne and ground data recorders, telemetry systems, signal conditioning modules, memory storage devices, video recording equipment, and antenna systems to Department of Defense and federal agencies as a prime contractor (89% of awards). The company competes on full-and-open contracts with no set-aside designations, reflecting the specialized and proprietary nature of its instrumentation portfolio.

Safran Defense & Space operates from Norcross, Georgia and Huntsville, Alabama, with primary NAICS classification in search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical and nautical system and instrument manufacturing, and secondary presence in electrical signal measurement instrumentation and aircraft parts manufacturing. The company holds a $47.0 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center for airborne instrumentation and mission data recording hardware running through October 2029, awarded October 2024. Representative prime awards include a $25,528 delivery order from Ogden Air Logistics Complex for A-10 digital video audio data recorder and removable mass memory device repair (April 2026); a $1.19 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order for component part SHS500-21121 (December 2022); a $995,973 Air Force delivery order for data recorders and components per pricing schedule (September 2024); and a $2.86 million Army Test and Evaluation Command definitive contract for ten Safran antenna units and maintenance support at White Sands Missile Range through September 2029 (August 2024).

Customer concentration centers on the Department of the Navy and Air Force. The top five customers account for 61% of awards by count: Naval Air Warfare Center leads with 180 awards worth $96.5 million; Air Force Test Center carries 141 awards for $28.9 million; Air Force Materiel Command (general) holds 91 awards for $15.6 million; Air Force (general designation) has 84 awards for $60.4 million; and Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for 56 awards valued at $13.2 million. By potential value, Naval Air Warfare Center's $96.5 million anchors the portfolio, followed by general Air Force work at $60.4 million and Air Force Materiel Command Ogden Air Logistics Complex at $30.9 million, together representing 66% of combined potential value.

Safran Defense & Space places task orders under multiple Air Force and Navy vehicles. The company's top vehicles include the Scientific Equipment and Services vehicle (147 task orders, $18.7 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract FA282306D0005 (120 task orders, $13.8 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract FA930221D0005 (67 task orders, $13.1 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract N0042117D0044 with Navy Supply Systems Command (52 task orders, $16.0 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract FA248714D0106 (49 task orders, $10.0 million).

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year, ranging from 46 awards in 2022 to 59 in 2025, with seven awards recorded in 2026 to date. Only five awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, combined value $1.1 million, representing minimal recompete exposure in the near term.

In its subcontractor role, Safran Defense & Space provides data recorders, telemetry modules, and signal conditioning equipment to major primes including Peraton Inc. on NASA Exploration and Space Communications Projects Division network systems and Space Communications and Navigation (SCAN) programs; Bell Textron Inc. on Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Flightworthy Reconnaissance Attack Helicopter (FLRAA) development; The Boeing Company on multiple programs including F-15 technology, Harpoon coastal defense systems, B-21 integration, and missile systems; Lockheed Martin Corporation on Hellfire missile and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) engineering services; and Systems Application & Technologies Inc. on Air Vehicle Modification and Instrumentation (AVMI) test and evaluation efforts. Across its portfolio, Safran's capability footprint centers on airborne data acquisition systems, ground-based telemetry receivers, modular data recorders with various configurations (MDR-8, GMDR-6, GMDR-12), removable storage cartridges, video and audio recording components, and support services for aircraft test and evaluation operations at major Air Force and Navy test centers.