Business Units
The business units work closely with clients to define current needs and anticipate those for the future. With the input of ARA business units where key decisions and investment initiatives are driven from the top, our key decisions and investments are made with the input of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) business units. As a result, ARA's vision for the future remains aligned with those we serve. This is what defines and differentiates ARA.
Automation & Geosciences Sector
Unmanned Systems & Security Products Division | Vertek Division
Automation & Geosciences Sector
Gulf Coast Sector
Analytical Solutions Division | Emerald Coast Division | Engineering Science Division
Gulf Coast Sector
- Advanced Energy Systems
- Aircraft Operating Surfaces
- Airport Services
- Alternative Fuels
- Chem/Bio Defense
- Chemical, Biological, Radioglogical and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense
- Decision Support
- Disaster Management &
Evacuation Planning - Energy Services
- Environmental Management Services
- Fire Fighting Systems
- Geotechnical/Environmental Site Characterization
- Forensic Analysis
- Manufacturing/Prototyping
- Modeling & Simulation
- Natural Hazard Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Operations Research
- Pavement Engineering
- Pollution Prevention & Remediation
- Probabilistic Risk Assessment & Design Optimization
- Robotics
- Safety
- Sensor Systems
- Structural Mitigation Strategies
- Systems Engineering & Integration
- Test & Evaluation
- Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Training & Multimedia
- Water Purification
- Weapon Effects
- Weapon Systems
Security Engineering & Applied Sciences Sector
Arlington Division | Intrarisk Division | Rocky Mountain Division | Shock Physics Division | Southern Division | Southwest Division
Security Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS Sector Overview 
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- C4ISR Systems
- Chem Bio/Defense
- Coastal Engineering Data Management
- Crashworthiness Analysis
- Decision Support
- Development & Application of Security Risk Management Process
- Disaster Management &
Evacuation Planning - Food Safety
- Forensic Analysis
- Information & Intelligence
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Manufacturing/Prototyping
- Medical Modeling & Simulation
- Modeling & Simulation
- Natural Hazard Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Physical & Electronic Security Design & Installation
- Pavement Engineering
- Probabilistic Risk Assessment & Design Optimization
- Progressive Collapse & Blast Analysis Design
- Robotics
- Structural Mitigation Strategies
- Systems Engineering & Integration
- Test & Evaluation
- Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Training & Multimedia
- Weapon Effects
- Weapon Systems
Software Systems & Modeling Sector
Capital Area Division | Cognitive Solutions Division | Southeast Division | Virtual Heroes Division
Software, Systems & Modeling Sector
- Advanced Learning Technologies
- Applied Cognition
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chem Bio/Defense
- Decision Support
- Disaster Management &
Evacuation Planning - First Responder Tools
- Forensic Analysis
- Game-Based Learning
- Geotechnical/Environmental Site Characterization
- Information & Intelligence
- Modeling & Simulation
- Natural Hazard Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Operations Research
- Probabilistic Risk Assessment & Design Optimization
- Rapid Unified Generation of Urban Databases (RUGUD)
- Robotics
- Real-Time Physics Effects Library (RPEL)
- Sensor Systems
- Shared Architecture for Dynamic Environment (SHADE)
- Structural Mitigation Strategies
- Systems Engineering & Integration
- Test & Evaluation
- Think Under Fire Decisions
- Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Training & Multimedia
- Urban and Underground Model Generator (U2MG)
- Weapon Effects
- Virtual Medical Simulation
- Weapons Effects for Live Training
- Weapon Systems
Transportation, Infrastructure & Environmental Sector
GMI Cultural | GMI Engineering & Construction | GMI Environmental |
Mid-Atlantic Divison | Transportation Infrastructure Division
Transportation, Infrastructure, & Environmental
We are successful due to our strong autonomous business units that come together to integrate diverse technologies to solve the most challenging technological problems.
