Press room
Monday 30th 2012 :
Kannad Marine SafeLink R10 SRS wins 2012 Pittman Award
Pittman Award Win
Friday 18th 2011 :
OROLIA awarded Deloitte 1st Prize in aeronautical sector at the prestigious Deloitte Technology Fast 50 annual award for achieving a 313% five-year growth
Orolia also ranked as the 3rd fastest growing technology company
Press Release (in French)
Thursday 27th 2011 :
Orolia announces today its First-Half 2011 Results and its 3rd Quarter sales turnover
Activity and results 2011 (in French)
Thursday 22nd 2011 :
SpectraTime awarded a 8.4 M€ contract
to develop a space active maser
ACES_Contract_2011
Wednesday 21st 2011 :
New GNSS simulator capabilities and affordable integrated.
GRClok-1500 Rubidium & GPS/GNSS Clock Module debut at the ION conference.
GRClok-1500 Rubidium & GPS/GNSS Clock Module
New GNSS simulator capabilities
Tuesday 13th 2011 :
Orolia Group to exhibit at Defence & Security Equipment International : Showcasing products from its three leading brands of emergency location beacons
and synchronization products and systems
Defence & Security Equipment International - London’s Excel centre
Thursday 8th 2011 :
EU approval for new McMurdo Smartfind S10 AIS Beacon and Kannad Marine’s Safelink R10 SRS
McMurdo Smartfind S10 AIS Beacon approval
Kannad Marine’s Safelink R10 SR
Wednesday 27th 2011 :
Orolia Announces Sales Turnover for the first semester : Organic growth 6.9%
Activity and results 2010 (in French)
Wednesday 13th 2011
Spectracom announces it latest generation NetClock® master clock for public safety organizations
Spectracom 9483 NetClock® master clock
Thursday 16th 2011
Orolia Announces Acquisition of UK Sarbe Assets from Digital Angel
Strategic acquisition to expand Orolia’s penetration of Defense market
Monday 13th 2011
Kannad Aviation INTEGRA 406 GPS ELT now fully approved for installation on Canadian aircraft
Approval from Transport Canada and Industry Canada for the INTEGRA 406 GPS ELT
Wednesday 1st 2011
Orolia announces agreement in view of acquiring Sarbe,
the English specialist in military beacons
Agreement in view of acquiring Sarbe
Wednesday 11th 2011
Orolia awarded a design contract by the European Space Agency for the validation of a new atomic clocks concept
ESA Contract (in French)
Tuesday 3rd 2011
Orolia awarded a 8.3 M€ contract to supply the secondary clocks of the Galileo system
8.3M€ Surrey Satellite Technology Contract
Friday 29th 2011
Activity and results 2010:
Organic growth 25.4%
Current operating income tripled
Net result before depreciation of consolidated goodwill multiplied by 6.7
Activity and results 2010 (in French)
Friday 15th 2011
Orolia announces the launch of VLINK
by its subsidiary KANNAD
VLINK- Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Launch
Monday 4th 2011
Spectracom solution suite for the highest performance computing applications at the 8th Annual High Performance Computing Linux Financial Markets conference
SecureSync Synchronization System
For more information
Thurday 31th 2011
Kannad Aviation INTEGRA 406 GPS ELT now fully TSO approved
TSO approval for the INTEGRA 406 GPS Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
Monday 14th 2011
Thurday 10th 2011
Thurday 10th 2011
Extreme Arctic adventurer wins Kannad Marine’s monthly SafeLink SOLO PLB competition
The second award winner is Stéphane Rousson
Wednesday 23rd 2010
Orolia announces today its sales for the fiscal year 2010
Press Release (in French)
Thursday 17th 2011
Launch of two new products at Miami International Boat Show
AIS Beacon
Safelink R10
Tuesday 15th 2011
T4Science awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to develop a new Active Maser
ESA Contract - Active Maser
Friday 28th 2011
Spectracom broaden lines of GNSS Solutions
New 16-channel GPS simulator supports advanced GPS receiver testing
Thursday 27th 2011
McMurdo Ltd, has launched a new corporate website, www.mcmurdolimited.com, which showcases the range of brands in the McMurdo Ltd portfolio.
New McMurdo Corporate website
Wednesday 12nd 2011
Orolia awarded
a 3 million dollar contract for United States Defense Contract
Orolia Defense Contract
Friday 7th 2011
Kannad Marine award SafeLink SOLO PLB to first winner of monthly competition : a tandem sea kayak challenge for Motor Neurone Disease Association
The first award winners to be selected by Kannad Marine are Russell Belcher and Aaron Price whose are planning to circumnavigate Britain in a tandem sea kayak, using only wind, waves and paddles for power
To participe to the competition : www.kannadmarine.com/giveaway
Monday 3rd 2011
Happy New year from Orolia !

Monday 20th 2010
Spectracom today announced the launch of Pendulum TimeView Modulation Domain Analyzer software package.
Spectracom precise Frequency Analysis
Tuesday 30th 2010
SpectraTime awarded a 11M€ contract
for Galileo master atomic clocks
Galileo -Atomic clocks
10 million times more stable than
a quartz watch
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The contract was signed with Selex Galileo S.p.A to supply the core element of the Passive Hydrogen Masers for the first 14 Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites of the Galileo global navigation satellite system. A second contract to supply the secondary atomic clocks (Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standards) should be signed in early 2011.
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Thursday 4th 2010
SpectraTime today announced it has received a 500k€ contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an ultra-stable quartz-controlled oscillator for space applications.
USO Contract
Wednesday 27th 2010
Orolia announces today its 3rd Quarter sales turnover 2010 : +14.1% at constant perimeter
Press Release (in French)
Tuesday 19th 2010
Orolia announces today its First-Half 2010 Results : an organic growth of 17,3% and Operating Income multiplied by 5,5
Press Release (in French)
Half Year Account (in French)
Thursday 14th 2010
McMurdo annonce le lancement d’une nouvelle balise de détresse : la ‘SafeLink SOLO’de Kannad Marine
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Go Faster, Go Further, Go SOLO
- Internationally approved
- Subscription-free & no call charges
- Compact, light and durable
- Waterproof to 10m and bouyant when used with flotation pouch.
- True global emergency alerting via COSPAS-SARSAT satellites
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September 28th 2010
Kannad awarded a contract from the French marine supervisory authority to supply e-navigation solutions
Cetmef Contract
September 27th 2010
TimeKeeper breaks microsecond barrier in time Synchronization for trading applications with Spectracom GPS Card
FSM Labs
September 17th 2010
OROLIA Group wins the 2010 Bold Creativity Prize. The prize was awarded by Francois Fillon (French Prime Minister) at the Prime Minister’s official residence “Matignon” in Paris, in the presence of the jury, chaired by Marc de Lacharrière, President de Fimalac (international business/financial ratings group).
“Creative Audacity” Prize
September 13th 2010
Spectratime Introduces a New Affordable Low Noise Rubidium Oscillator
LNRCLok-1500
September 2nd 2010
Kannad and Eurocopter receive an award for their
co-development of the world’s first aviation
distress beacon with integrated antenna and GPS
High-Technology Award
The joint development by Eurocopter and Kannad of a new-generation emergency distress beacon for helicopters was recognized with an award presented during a conference of industry managers, entrepreneurs and managers in the economic and technology sectors
July 28th 2010
Orolia announces today its 1st semester sales turnover : a growth of 126.5% (+17.3% at constant perimeter) compared to last year (in French)
1st semester sales turnover
July 26th 2010
Kannad Aviation partners with Spectracom to support its emergency beacon range in USA market
Kannad & Spectracom partnership
July 12th 2010
SpectraTime Introduces Low Cost StarLPRO
Rubidium Oscillator with Competitive Compatibility
New Rubidium Oscillator
June 29th 2010
Spectracom today announced a 3 million euro contract award from DCNS
DCNS Contract
June 28th 2010
Kannad Aviation announces a new generation Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT), the Kannad Aviation INTEGRA 406 GPS ELT : an innovative breakthrough in aircraft safety
Integra 406 ELT Press Release
June 21st 2010
Spectracom today announced its industry-leading PCI express timecode processor is available with support for Precision Time Protocol (PTP).
Spectracom Bus Level Timing
June 17th 2010
McMurdo Ltd announces today that the EPIRB used by 16 year old Abby Sunderland to alert rescuers to her plight in the Indian Ocean during an attempted solo circumnavigation was manufactured by McMurdo Ltd.
McMurdo EPIRB alerts Abby Sunderland’s rescuers
June 15th 2010
Spectracom announces the launch of the next generation Bus Level Timing providing the highest resolution timestamping in the industry
Pci Express
May 27th 2010
SpectraTime awarded a 8 M€ contract to continue the development and the manufacturing of a space active maser
ACES ATP (in French)
May 16th 2010
Spectracom & FSMLabs Partner to Provide Precision Timekeeping for High Frequency Low Latency Trading
Spectracom & FSM Labs Partnership
May 3rd 2010
Orolia announces today its annual results 2009 and its first quarter 2010 sales
Annual Results 2009 (in French)
April 26th 2010
New visual identity for the Orolia group : This new graphic charter evolves the group identity after the acquisitions of Kannad and McMurdo, which doubles its size and is being reorganized in 3 divisions: Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT).
New visual identity
April 14th 2010
Spectratime to Supply Advanced Atomic Clocks
for Galileo’s First 14-Satellite System
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Galileo ATP
March 30th 2010
T4Science Awarded to Supply Maser Clocks
To MIT Haystack Observatory
MIT Contract
March 16th 2010
FAST FIND 210 PLB voted Boating Product of the Year 2010 at Helsinki Show
FAST FIND 210 PLB
February 22nd 2010
Orolia announced today its sales for the fiscal year 2009 : Good resistance trends reaffirmed
Orolia Sales year 2009 (in French)
February 1st 2010
Kannad obtains PART-145 certification from the Civil Aviation Authority for maintenance of its aviation product range
Part 145 Certification
December 17th 2009
Successful capital raising of 5.9M to finance its development
Capital Raising (in French)
December 8th 2009
McMurdo Ltd announces forward strategy,
1st January debut for Kannad Marine brand name
Positioning Division
November 24 2009
Launch of a 5.9M capital raise with preemptive subscription rights and close of McMurdo acquisition
Press Release (in French)
November 10th 2009
3rd Quarter sales turnover 2009: Confirmation of second quarter 2009 trend
Press Release (in French)
November 2nd 2009
Orolia announces agreement to acquire McMurdo, leader in location beacons in the maritime industry
Agreement to acquire McMurdo
October 21st 2009
First-Half 2009 Results: good performance for the French PNT Specialist despite crisis
Orolia earnings for the First Half of 2009 (in French)
Half Year Accounts (in French)
Monday 19th
Spectracom launches SecureSync™ a new modular and secure synchronization system for mission critical networks
SecureSync™ showing at MILCOM
Friday 16th
KANNAD launches “Safelink”, the smallest worldwide marine beacon
The first GPS-based emergency position indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) to have an integrated antenna and user-replaceable batteries
Wednesday 23rd
Orolia announces launch of customer focused divisions and technology centers
Launch of three key divisions
Wednesday 16th
Orolia shareholders approve the acquisition of Kannad, voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting today
Strategic acquisition of Kannad approved by shareholders (in French)
Notification of crossing of statutory shareholding threshold
Crossing of threshold by Airtek Capital Group (in French)
Wednesday 29th
Orolia announced strategic acquisition of Kannad, a world leader in positioning systems for extreme environments
Strategic acquisition of Kannad
Monday 27th
Orolia announced a sequential increase of 19% for its 2nd Quarter 2009 sales
Sequential increase of 19% (In French)
Monday 6th
SpectraTime awarded 1.8M€ contract to supply Rubidium Space clocks
1.8M€ contract in Asia
Monday 29th
T4 Science extends the warranty of its new iMaser 3000 clock reference up to 7 years
Exclusive warranty for the iMaser 3000
Thursday 25th
Pendulum Instruments announced the immediate availability of new options for its GPS-12 Portable Frequency Standard family
New options for the GPS-12
Tuesday 9th
Pendulum announced the immediate availability of a new battery unit option for its CNT-90XL family of Microwave Counter/Analyzers
New battery unit option
Tuesday 26th
Spectracom announced the immediate availability of a new GPS Master Clock for digital broadcast synchronization, the EC20S Epsilon Clock™
EC20S Epsilon Clock™ latest generation
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EC20S
Crédit photo © Spectracom |
Tuesday 19th
Orolia announced today plans to align its time and frequency companies Spectracom and Pendulum with a shared sales and service infrastructure.
Partnership between Spectracom and Pendulum
Monday 11th
Orolia announces 1st quarter 2009 sales up 8.7%
Press Release
Thursday 7th
Spectracom awarded 8M€ maintenance contract with the French department of Defense over several years
Two important contracts in the defense sector for Spectracom (in French)
Wednesday 30th
Orolia announces FY 2008 annual results : Sales increase by 62%
Press Release

Orolia Annual Report (in French)
Contact us at investor-relation@orolia.com if you required a printed copy of the report
Monday 16th
Spectracom has been selected by Globecomm Systems to supply key network synchronization subsystems for its new satellite communications system
A new satellite communications system to be synchronized by Spectracom
Monday 9th
Spectracom announced the immediate availability of a leading synchronization solution, the EC22S Epsilon Clock™
Synchronization solution – EC22S Epsilon Clock ™
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EC22S
Crédit photo © Spectracom |
Thursday 19th
Orolia announced today its sales for the fiscal year 2008.
Orolia FY 2008 sales were 28.2M€, up 62% year-over-year from the 2007 sales level.
Orolia Turnover 2008
Thursday 5th
Pendulum Instruments announces the acquisition of Naviva GPS signal generators - the GSG-L1- that will extend the company’s product portfolio
Acquisition of Naviva GPS signal generators - GSG-L1-
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GSG-L1
Crédit photo © Pendulum
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Tuesday 20th
As a part of its global strategy to expand the group’s presence and capabilities, Orolia announced the acquisition of Rapco Electronics LTD and the formation of Orolia Global Services, Ltd
Rapco Acquisition |