Safran Defense & Space, Inc.

Safran Defense & Space, Inc., Testing & Telemetry Division, doing business as Zodiac Data Systems, manufactures and delivers airborne and ground data recorders, telemetry systems, signal conditioning modules, memory storage devices, video recording equipment, and antenna systems to the Department of Defense and federal agencies as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) operating under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. The company is a foreign-owned subsidiary of French multinational Safran Usa, Inc., headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, with operations in Huntsville, Alabama, and competes across primary NAICS categories 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and 334416 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), with PSC concentration in miscellaneous communication equipment and electrical test instruments.

Safran's federal customer base concentrates heavily on test and evaluation commands. The Naval Air Warfare Center leads by volume and dollars—181 awards valued at $96.5 million combined potential value—followed by the Department of the Air Force (88 awards, $62.2 million), the Air Force Materiel Command Ogden Air Logistics Complex (47 awards, $30.9 million), Air Force Test Center (141 awards, $28.9 million), and Naval Supply Systems Command (57 awards, $13.2 million). These five customers account for 61% of recent awards and 66% of combined potential value. The concentration reflects Safran's specialization in mission-critical instrumentation for aircraft testing, training, and evaluation across multiple platforms and military branches.

Safran holds substantial indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its federal work. The top vehicles include a $47.0 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Naval Air Warfare Center for airborne instrumentation and mission data recording hardware (awarded October 24, 2024, through October 23, 2029); a $45.2 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with Air Force Test Center for airborne and ground data recorders, components, and engineering support (extending through March 2026); and a $454,488.58 Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Supply Systems Command for H-60 aircraft component repairs (established March 30, 2021, through March 30, 2026). Additionally, Safran joined the AEDC Velocity Alliance Consortium as a multiple-award Other Transaction IDV member as of July 1, 2026, positioning the company to support prototype development and test instrumentation efforts across Air Force test centers and range operations. Task order activity across the Scientific Equipment and Services vehicle (147 orders, $18.7 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract FA282306D0005 (120 orders, $13.8 million), and FA930221D0005 (73 orders, $19.1 million) demonstrates sustained demand for Safran's data acquisition and recording capabilities.

Representative prime work includes a $3.91 million delivery order from Air Force Materiel Command for airborne data recorders (awarded June 11, 2026, completion December 31, 2026, place of performance Eglin Air Force Base, Florida); a $2.859 million definitive contract with Army Test and Evaluation Command for ten Safran antenna units and maintenance support (awarded August 1, 2024, through September 30, 2029, performance at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico); a $1.185 million delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center for part number SHS500-21121 datalink components (awarded December 21, 2022, completion April 17, 2023); and a $1.084 million delivery order from the Air Force for Safran data recorders (awarded July 26, 2023, completion October 27, 2023). Smaller purchase orders and delivery orders ($20,000 to $600,000 range) for data recorder modules, video recorders, memory units, telemetry equipment, and repair services of A-10 digital video audio data recorders and removable mass memory devices flow regularly across Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Test Center, Naval Air Warfare Center, Naval Supply Systems Command, and related logistics complexes.

Safran operates as a subcontractor on major defense platforms and space programs, providing specialized instrumentation components and recording systems to primes including Peraton Inc. (multiple task orders since January 2026 for Space Communications and Navigation Program support at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center); Bell Textron Inc. (multiple awards since February 2025 for Future Vertical Lift FLRAA Capability Set Three helicopter development, including XMA telemetry modules and signal conditioning equipment); The Boeing Company (awards since March 2024 for B-52 rapid prototyping, F-15 technology development, B-21 lab integration, and Harpoon coastal defense system instrumentation); Lockheed Martin Corporation (extended warranty and cyber hardening support for HELLFIRE and JAGM missile programs since February 2024); and BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (November 14, 2025, for Instrumentation Range Support Program III airborne data recording systems). Additional notable subs include Systems Application & Technologies Inc. (multiple orders for removable storage media and signal conditioning across Air Force test centers), Rockwell Collins Inc. (Avionics Management System modifications with signal conditioning and hybrid modules), Sierra Nevada Company LLC (Adaptable Communications Suite production phase data recorder and computer components), and KBR Wyle Services LLC (Ground Systems and Mission Operations support). The subcontract footprint reflects Safran's role as a specialized supplier of data acquisition and instrumentation components embedded in developmental and legacy aircraft platforms, missiles, and space communication systems.

Activity has remained steady—46 awards in 2022 to 59 in 2025, with 19 awards in the first nine months of 2026. The recompete cliff shows ten awards valued at $5.9 million combined potential value reaching completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting modest recompete exposure relative to the overall $360 million combined potential value portfolio. Safran competes across full-and-open procurements with no set-aside participation, reflecting its positioning as a foreign-owned subsidiary providing proprietary and sole-source technologies to defense test, training, and evaluation missions.