For nearly half a century, the Orbit name has been synonymous with ultra-rugged Human-Machine Interface (HMI) devices and software solutions. By delivering leading-edge mission-critical hardware with extreme environmental and operational survivability, the Orbit Electronics Group has become a trusted supplier of choice for military, government and industrial programs that impose stringent standards for quality and high reliability, where downtime is not an option.

Advanced technologies, proven design expertise and our diligent analysis of the relationships between human and machine interface requirements, enable the Orbit Electronics Group to deliver products that help increase user productivity, reliability and overall performance in your mission critical applications.

All divisions within the Orbit Electronics Group are proven to have the vision necessary to develop, implement and sustain rugged HMI products that raise the standards for performance, reliability and economy.

Orbit Instrument designs and manufactures customized electronic subsystems and major components for military aircraft, shipboard, handheld and ground-based programs, as well as well as designing hardware to support severe non-military applications. Orbit products have earned the confidence of customers that have embedded our units as standard hardware for their program requirements. Throughout the years, Orbit Instrument has built, qualified and supported a number of programs that include: Console Intercommunications Units (CIUs), Command Display Units (CDUs), Digital Transponder (IFF) Units, Secure Voice Systems (SVS), and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Controller Units, which are all current industry standards for harsh terrain battlefield applications.

Tulip Development Laboratory and its TDL Manufacturing affiliate design and manufacture full military and ruggedized computer peripheral products including custom integrated keyboards, illuminated data entry devices and display solutions. Tulip is a leader in night vision-compatible illuminated switch and display panels, sealed data entry keypads, NBC-resistant illuminated keypad products, LED illuminated devices, and militarized Active Matrix LCD assemblies, as well as handheld GPS devices for real time battlefield requirements. Tulip products have been embedded in a broad range of applications, including simulators, avionics systems, maritime systems, ground-based vehicles, and display devices for municipal transportation vehicles.

Integrated Combat Systems designs and manufactures below-deck control products for naval combat systems and gun weapon systems (GWS), and provides systems integration, production engineering, integrated logistics support and documentation control for leading defense industry prime contractors and U.S. Department of Defense procurement agencies, as well as foreign naval programs. Working from design specifications, ICS develops prototypes, defines interoperability requirements, simulates operations, produces engineering prototypes against the operational requirements, generates drawing packages and ultimately, facilitiates full scale production.