Systel

Systel

Systel, Inc.

Sugar Land, TX, United States

Rugged Computing & ElectronicsC4ISRElectronic WarfareUnmanned SystemsDual-use
Founded 198851-200 employeesSubsystem Manufacturer, System IntegratorSupplies Land Forces, Air Forces, Naval Forces, Special Forces, Defense Industry
Profile last updated: August 13, 2026

About

Founded in 1988, Systel is a defense subsystem manufacturer based in Sugar Land, United States working in rugged computing & electronics, c4isr, electronic warfare +2 more.

Systel is a family-owned American manufacturer of MIL-SPEC rugged embedded computers, rackmount servers and custom computing systems for defense and commercial mission-critical applications. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, the company designs and manufactures its products in its own advanced manufacturing facility in the USA. Its Strike, Charge and Hawk product families serve edge AI, video processing, sensor ingest, electronic warfare/SIGINT and unmanned system applications. Systel states its systems are deployed on rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft, ground combat vehicles, remote weapon stations, unmanned ground vehicles and shipboard applications, with over 50,000 systems deployed worldwide. The company offers COTS, MCOTS and ground-up custom solutions, tests to MIL-STD environmental standards in-house, and is AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified. It is an NVIDIA Preferred Solutions Integrator and Intel Platinum Partner, and is headquartered in a second building expansion underway in Sugar Land to increase manufacturing capacity.

Location

Sugar Land, United States

Founded

1988

Employees

51-200

Company type

Private company

Legal name

Systel, Inc.

NCAGE code

1VRD0

Focus areas

rugged computingembedded computersrackmount serversedge AIMIL-SPECcustom computingAmerican-made

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Rugged Computing & ElectronicsC4ISRElectronic WarfareUnmanned SystemsCounter-UAS & Air Defense

Supply-chain role

Subsystem ManufacturerSystem Integrator

What they offer

HardwareEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Strike family

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Rugged embedded edge computer

MIL-SPEC rugged small-form-factor embedded computers for video processing, sensor ingest and edge AI in austere environments.

Hawk-Strike AI

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Rugged embedded edge AI computer

MIL-SPEC rugged embedded edge AI compute platform based on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor, introduced at Eurosatory 2026.

Charge family

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Rugged rackmount computer

MIL-SPEC rugged rackmount computer platforms for AI inferencing, SIGINT processing, ISR data management and command and control.

Warhorse

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Rugged 2U rackmount computer

MIL-rugged 2U rackmount computer platform, first platform in the Charge family, offering data center-class compute.

Sparrow-Strike x86

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Ultra-small-form-factor edge computer

Ultra-compact rugged embedded edge compute solution, awarded Best in Show at AUSA 2024.

Kite-Strike II

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Rugged embedded computer

Rugged embedded computer with NVIDIA GPU integration, recognised at AUSA 2025.

Gray Wolf 2

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Rugged computer

Rugged computing product recognised with a 4-star Best in Show award at AUSA 2025.

Hawk-Strike IV

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Rugged embedded computer

Rugged system with latest Intel Xeon/Core mobile CPU and NVIDIA embedded GPU.

End users

Land ForcesAir ForcesNaval ForcesSpecial ForcesDefense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

MIL-STD-810HMIL-STD-461GMIL-STD-1275EMIL-STD-704FMOSA

Platforms & programmes

Predator UAV

Named customers

Lockheed MartinRaytheonBAE SystemsGeneral DynamicsAndurilUS Special Operations CommandUS Air ForceUS Marine Corps

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

AS9100D

ISO 9001:2015

Awards

4-Star Best in Show (Sparrow-Strike x86)

Military Embedded Systems2024Embedded Computing

4-Star Best in Show (Sparrow-Strike, Kite-Strike II, Gray Wolf 2)

Military Embedded Systems2025Embedded and Rugged Computing

National Partner of the Month (May 2025)

Association of the United States Army2025

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