- National Security
- Applied Cognition
- C4ISR Systems
- Chemical, Biological, Radioglogical and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense
- Chem Bio/Defense
- Decision Support
- Development & Application of Security Risk Management Process
- Disaster Management &
Evacuation Planning - First Responder Tools
- Forensic Analysis
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- National Security
- Advanced Energy Systems
- Chem Bio/Defense
- Chemical, Biological, Radioglogical and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense
- Decision Support
- Development & Application of Security Risk Management Process
- Disaster Management &
Evacuation Planning - First Responder Tools
- Forensic Analysis
- Information & Intelligence
- Manufacturing/Prototyping
- Modeling & Simulation
- Natural Hazard Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Physical & Electronic Security Design & Installation
- Probabilistic Risk Assessment & Design Optimization
- Progressive Collapse & Blast Analysis Design
- Robotics
- Sensor Systems
- Systems Engineering & Integration
- Test & Evaluation
- Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
- Training & Multimedia
- Weapon Effects
- Weapon Systems
- Infrastructure
- Aircraft Operating Surfaces
- Airport Services
- Coastal Engineering Data Management
- Crashworthiness Analysis
- Fire Fighting Systems
- Infrastructure Management Systems
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Operations Research
- Pavement Engineering
- Pavement-Related Software
- Safety
- Structural Mitigation Strategies
- Sustainability
- Traffic Monitoring
- Transportation System Security
- Energy & Environment
- Alternative Fuels
- Environmental Management Services
Capabilities | Safety

Workers build and repair roadways.
ARA performs a wide variety of safety-related testing and research in the transportation arena. Specific safety-related capabilities include:
- Safety management systems
- Runway safety analysis
- Work zone safety analysis, including moving and intermittent lane closures
- Crashworthiness analysis
- Evaluation of roadside safety appurtenances
- Institutional issues and business models for accident reduction
ARA offers a broad range of safety-related services for pavements. Our pavement safety expertise includes:
- Pavement surface characteristics
- Pavement friction considerations in design and rehabilitation
- Best practices in texturing of concrete pavements
- Safety ramifications of the design of flexible and rigid highway pavements
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Highways for LIFE Program
- Program planning, management and administration
- Technology transfer
- Communications
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Analysis of Runway Safety Areas
- Develop a comprehensive, updated and organized database of aircraft overrun and undershoot incidents and accidents
- Develop an integrated probabilistic approach for modeling the frequency, location and consequences of aircraft accidents in the RSA
- Identify causal and contributing factors to such events, for which information should be available in accident and incident reports
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Airport Safety Management Systems
- Assess regulations and policy compliance
- Improve safety management at FAA-governed airports
- Improve system-wide safety management
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