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Innoflight is a leading space Non-traditional Defense Contractor (NDC) founded in 2004. Innoflight is AS9100D and ISO 9001 certified, and develops innovative, radiation tolerant by design, and integrated cyber secure space avionics solutions, suited for space vehicle buses and payloads. Innoflight’s cutting-edge and mission critical communications, networking, cyber security, processing, and integrated electronics solutions support the most advanced space missions. After 20 years, Innoflight continues to revolutionize the space industry and excels in modular, high performance, and low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) hardware and software solutions with successful flight heritage in multiple orbits. Our customers include the U.S. Government and allies, major defense prime contractors, satellite bus providers, and new space developers.
Innoflight is a Non-traditional Defense Contractor (NDC) founded in 2004. Innoflight offers state-of-the-art space avionics, including Communications & Networking Solutions, Cyber Security Solutions, Processing, Data Storage & Payload Interface Electronics Solutions, and Bus & Payload Integrated Avionics Solutions. Our core competency is secure Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) design through innovative implementation of modern Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technology in tandem with common standards and protocols that produce modular, high performance, yet low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) systems at competitive prices. Our products are qualified through an Innoflight rigorous process that includes parts reliability analysis & testing, system level fault tolerance, and radiation risk mitigation. Our customers include the U.S. government, prime aerospace contractors and commercial space developers.
Innoflight is a federally registered Non-traditional Defense Contractor (NDC) founded in June 2005 by Mr. Jeffrey Janicik that specializes in avionics for reliable operations in extreme environments.
Our core competency is affordable and responsive satellite design and operations through the innovative implementation of modern Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) technology in tandem with common standards and protocols. Our products are qualified through a proprietary process that includes all of the following: parts reliability, system level fault tolerance and radiation risk mitigation. Our primary focus is to provide aerospace vehicle systems with advanced solutions while reducing development timeline and ultimately reducing cost.
We have significant experience and skills in modular, high performance, low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) electronic systems and qualifying them for extreme environments. We have hands-on experience with government and commercial Tacsats, Microsats, Nanosats and Cubesats.
We design and build high-efficiency power systems, embedded systems such as on-board-computers, controllers, and command decoders, high reliability supervisory circuits, secure IP Command and Control (C2) links and analog (FM) and digital (GMSK/BPSK/QPSK) RF links.
Innoflight’s systems are designed to be autonomous and capable of advanced networking operations.
We maintain a competitive edge in our product design and development efforts through our experience and understanding of entire system architectures.
- Innoflight Storyline
2004
Innoflight founded by Jeff Janicik

2010
Awarded “Advancing the Space Link Using Internet Protocol (IP)” AFRL Project – Space High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE)

2011
Payload Interface Electronics (PIE) with Solid State Data Recorder
Maiden Flight

2013

2015
AFSCN Demonstration of Space-HAIPE
CFC-500 Rapid Innovation Fund Award

2016
CFC-400X and NASA EVA xCOMMs & xlNFO SBIR Phase II Awards

2018
6 Leo satellites equipped with PIE & SCR-100 units launched

2019
Kl-103 receives TSAB NSA certification
SCR-104 & Kl-103 Maiden Flights

2020
Teamed on Space Development Agency (SDA) PSWA Tranche O Transport Layer with Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems
The Jordan Company becomes a major investor in lnnoflight

2021
Teamed on SDA PWSA Tranche O Tracking Layer with L3Harris Technologies
CFC-400XS Maiden Flight

2022
Teamed with all SDA PWSA Tranche 1 Transport Layer, Tracking Layer,
and Medium Field of View Primes
ECU-400 Maiden Flight

2023
First SDA PWSA Tranche 0 Launches
Teamed with all SDA PWSA T1DES and NExT1 Primes
RTR-400XS, SWC-400XS & MTE-100 Maiden Flights

2024
Innoflight 20th Anniversary
Teamed with all SDA PWSA Tranche 2 Transport Layer (Alpha + Beta),
Tracking Layer and FOO Fighter Primes
Teamed with MDA Space on the Telesat Lightspeed Commercial pLEO Constellation

2013

2015

2016
CFC-400X and NASA EVA xCOMMs & xINFO SBIR Phase II Award

2018
6 Leo satellites equipped with PIE & SCR-100 units launched

2019

2020

2021

2022
- Our Executive Team

Jeff Janicik
Chief Executive Officer

Tucker Morrison
President

Vincent Gagnon
Chief Revenue Officer

Patrick Lenahan
Chief Financial Officer

Assi Friedman
Chief Technology Officer

Trevor Coolidge
Chief Manufacturing Officer

Michael Weeks
Vice President, Engineering

Andrew McIntyre
Director, Accounting & Administration

David Burrill
Director, Quality

Zarah James
Director, Human Resources

Britt Roberts
Senior Corporate Counsel

David Andaleon
Principal, Strategic Business Development
& Technology

Denise Jansen
Sr. Industrial Defense Security Manager

Michael Cate
Supply Chain Manager

Scott McCarthy
Principal Project Engineering Manager

Dwayne Smith
Principal Engineering Manager - Hardware

Edward Agunos
Principal Engineering Manager - FPGA

Dylan Wright
Industrialization Engineering Manager