Vitesse Systems

Headquarters

Jessup, MD

UEI

Z9TTF8LL4JA6

CAGE

53247

With more than 55 years of space heritage, Vitesse Systems is a U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturer known for keeping engineering, production, and testing together across six facilities. Headquartered in Newark, California, it serves demanding government and commercial programs, including space missions where its Longmont team has produced complex lightweight antenna hardware through additive manufacturing.

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