Rochester, New York-based Orolia Defense & Security announced at the Institute of Navigation’s 2023 Joint Navigation Conference in San Diego, California, on 12 June 2023 that it will re-brand as Safran Federal Systems, following its 2022 acquisition by France-based Safran Electronics & Defense.
“Though our name and look are changing, our people, our operations, and our leadership team remain the same,” said Hironori Sasaki, the company’s president. “The name Safran Federal Systems signifies being part of the Safran Group, a world leader in aerospace and defence, while reflecting what we do best, serving our US government & military customers with cutting-edge positioning, navigation and timing [PNT] systems.
“We remain fully committed to ensuring the success of our customers and the success of our warfighters,” Sasaki added. “By joining the Safran Group we are excited to be able to offer an even larger portfolio of industry-leading technology tailored for the US military.”
In addition to its resilient PNT solutions, M-Code/GNSS testing and simulation tools, precision time synchronisation systems and navigation warfare equipment, Safran Federal Systems is now one of the only companies with a full complement of PNT technologies with proven inertial navigation solutions.
“The Safran Federal Systems inertial navigation portfolio now includes the Hemispherical Resonator Gyro (HRG) Crystal technology, which leverages state-of-the-art manufacturing and offers revolutionary performance and reliability over existing technologies for tactical to strategic applications across all military domains,” Jon Leombrone, Executive Vice President of Navigation Systems at Safran Federal Systems, was quoted as saying in a company press release. “With more than 30,000 HRGs produced and over 15 million operational hours, the technology is proven and tested in military applications worldwide.”
Peter Felstead
