Inertial Labs

About Inertial Labs

Inertial Labs, established in 2001 by Jamie Marraccini, operates as a designer, manufacturer, and integrator of position and orientation technologies. The company is headquartered in Paeonian Springs, Virginia, with additional production facilities in Leesburg, Virginia, and Rapid City, South Dakota. In January 2025, Inertial Labs was strategically acquired by VIAVI Solutions, a move intended to broaden VIAVI's portfolio and accelerate its entry into autonomous systems markets. The acquisition was valued at an initial $150 million with potential for an additional $25 million in contingent considerations.

The company's business model revolves around the development and sale of high-performance inertial systems to a diverse clientele spanning the commercial, industrial, government, defense, and aerospace sectors. Notable clients have included Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, NASA, and Boeing. Inertial Labs' product lines are built upon its expertise in sensor fusion, combining data from MEMS-based gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers, and barometric sensors to deliver precise data. The firm’s product catalog includes Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS), and LiDAR payloads. These products are designed to be cost-effective with a focus on minimal size, weight, and power consumption.

A key offering is the RESEPI (Remote Sensing Payload Instrument), a LiDAR-based solution for creating detailed 3D point clouds, utilized in applications like mapping, precision agriculture, and infrastructure inspection. The company also produces specialized modules such as Weapon Orientation Modules (WOM) and Railway Motion Control Units (RMCU). Inertial Labs serves a global market through a distribution network that covers over 20 countries. The company has a history of government contracts, including multiple SBIR awards which have contributed to its product development, such as the creation of its first AHRS and a full-body motion capture system.