Orbit/FR Snapshot
ORBIT/FR tests how well your communications systems measure up. The company manufactures automated microwave test and measurement systems for evaluating cell phones, radio transmitters, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and guided missiles. Other products include software, microwave receivers and antennas, and anechoic foam (a material that absorbs sound). ORBIT/FR designs systems for aerospace and defense, satellite, wireless communications, and automotive companies. Customers include BT Group, Nokia, Northrop Grumman, and the US government. In 2008 Israeli holding company Orbit-Alchut Technologies sold its 62% interest in ORBIT/FR to SATIMO, a French company, for about $17 million in cash.