ARA Tracks CubeSats from Historic Artemis II Mission
ARA leveraged its capabilities in space domain awareness to observe and track CubeSat separation during NASA’s historic Artemis II mission.
Orchestrate the Fight: ARA to Highlight Operator-Driven Innovations at SOF Week
ARA will join special operations forces, government leaders, and industry partners to advance mission-critical capabilities at SOF Week 2026, held May 18-21 in Tampa, Florida.
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ARA Unveils Next-Gen Maritime Defense Technologies at 2026 Sea-Air-Space
ARA will showcase innovative defense technologies supporting maritime dominance at the 2026 Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition, April 19–22 in National Harbor, MD. Hosted by the Navy League of the United States, Sea-Air-Space brings together defense industry leaders and senior military decision-makers from around the world to explore the latest advancements shaping the maritime domain.
ARA to Demonstrate Space Domain Capabilities at Upcoming Space Symposium
ARA is excited to announce it will host a booth at the 41st Space Symposium April 13-16 in Colorado Springs, CO, reflecting our commitment to accelerating innovation for dynamic space operations.
ARA’s Sapper Featured in Defense News Weekly
Defense News Weekly recently featured Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s (ARA) autonomous tracked vehicle platform, Sapper. Unveiled at the 2024 AUSA Annual Meeting, Sapper is a high mobility, autonomous ready, tracked…
ARA Recognized as Top Tech Company in New Mexico
The New Mexico Technology Council (NMTC) has recognized Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) as a 2024 Flying 40 Awardee. ARA leads the list of New Mexico’s highest revenue-producing tech companies…
ARA Hazard Model Used for POTUS Briefing During Hurricane Helene
Photo courtesy of FEMA. Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has leveraged its expertise in wind modeling to help inform U.S. officials tasked with responding to Hurricane Helene, providing critical wind…
ARA to Showcase Human-Machine Integrated Solutions at AUSA 2024
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) will showcase its innovative defense technologies at the 2024 Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting (AUSA), October 14-16 in Washington D.C. At this year’s…
TATRC Awards Research Contracts for Passive Data Collection using Sensor Suite Technologies within the Autonomous Casualty Care (AC2) Research Portfolio
The United States Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) has awarded two research contracts for the development of novel sensor suite configurations to…
Climate Change in Hurricane Modeling
Since its inception, hurricane catastrophe modeling has evolved, responding to climate events and the needs of the insurance industry. Initially, hurricane cat modeling was predicated on the long-term view of…
ARA Announces New Online Store
ARA Announces New Online Store
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has announced the launch of a new online storefront with several upgraded features including a more user-friendly interface and improved functionality. The new store features…
ARA Announces its Most Advanced Hurricane Model in HurLoss® Series
ARA Announces Release of its Most Advanced Hurricane Model in HurLoss® Series
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has announced the release of its latest and most comprehensive version of HurLoss® Hurricane Catastrophe Model software, including a greatly expanded full North Atlantic basin…
ARA Receives Patents for Processing of Body-mounted Blast Overpressure Sensor Data
ARA Receives Patents for Processing of Body-mounted Blast Overpressure Sensor Data
Software Promotes Quality Control and Improved Analysis Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce it has received two patents related to body-mounted blast sensor data analysis. The patents address…
ARA Partners with AUVSI to Develop Cyber, Supply Chain Security Framework for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s (ARA) Neya Systems Division, a leading provider of off-road autonomy and mission planning software, announced the launch of a partnership with the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International…
ARA at Forefront of Blast Effects and Brain Health Research
ARA at Forefront of Blast Effects and Brain Health Research
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has long been at the forefront of research for blast effects on the brain, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to advance our understanding of injuries and…
ARA Leads Additive Construction Program for Battlefield Mobility
ARA Leads Innovative Additive Construction Program to Improve Battlefield Mobility
ARA is at the forefront of the revolution of additive construction. Under the ACME Tech program, ARA is developing structural designs of mobility- and countermobility-enabling items while leveraging indigenous materials of varying qualities that would be found at the point-of-need during construction, reducing the logistical and environmental burden of construction activities.
ARA to Highlight Innovative Tech at GEOINT Symposium
ARA to Highlight Innovative Tech at GEOINT
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) will be showcasing some of its leading-edge technologies at the 2024 GEOINT Symposium. ARA is an international research and engineering company that provides innovative solutions…
ARA’s Unattended Ground Sensors Now Available on TAK
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) announced today the launch of Pathfinder on the Tactical Assault Kit (TAK). Pathfinder is a wireless, unattended ground sensor designed to provide an early warning…
ARA’s Neya Systems, CARLA Collaborate to Update Open-Source Simulator to Unreal Engine 5
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) a leading provider of off-road autonomy, open architecture, and mission planning software announced that its Neya Systems Division has entered into an agreement with Embodied AI…
ARA Expands Capabilities with AS9100 Certification
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) announced today its Integrated Products Division has achieved AS9100:2016 certification. The certification is part of ARA’s strategic growth plan to expand further into aerospace. While…
ARA Highlights Modular Mission Payload Integration at NDIA Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Conference
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) introduced an exciting advancement for autonomous solutions, previewing their autonomously equipped ground system during the National Defense Industrial Association’s Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Conference this week.…
Doug Bruder Joins ARA as Director, National Security Programs
Doug Bruder Joins ARA as Director, National Security Programs
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Doug Bruder as Director, National Security Programs focusing on ARA’s national security enterprise. Bruder brings 40 years of…
Chris Piehota Joins ARA as Principal Director, Technical Initiatives
Chris Piehota Joins ARA as Principal Director, Technical Initiatives
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce it has appointed Chris Piehota, Ph.D., as its Principal Director of Technical Initiatives for ARA’s growing national security enterprise. In his…
David Barnhard Named Chief Strategy Officer of Neya Systems Division
David Barnhard Named Chief Strategy Officer of Neya Systems Division
Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s (ARA) Neya Systems Division, a leading provider of autonomous systems, open architecture, and mission planning software, today announced that David Barnhard has been named the division’s chief strategy…
ARA Researchers Release Findings on Body Positioning and Blast Exposure
ARA Researchers Release Findings on Body Positioning and Blast Exposure
During training and deployment, service members experience blast exposure that can negatively impact brain health in the short and long term. To help address this impact, a team of researchers…
Neya Principal Robotics Software Engineer David Martin Named Chair of SAE International’s AS-4 Steering Committee
Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s (ARA) Neya Systems Division, a leading provider of off-road autonomy and mission planning software, today announced that Principal Robotics Software Engineer David Martin has been named…
Industry Innovation: Neya Systems Unveils Development of Advanced Cybersecurity Solution for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Applied Research Associate, Inc.'s (ARA) Neya Systems Division, a leading provider of off-road autonomy and mission planning software, today announced a strategic initiative to develop a groundbreaking cybersecurity standard for…
ARA to Demo Innovative Simulation and Training Capabilities at Upcoming I/ITSEC
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) will highlight its innovative solutions in synthetic environments, realistic physiology, and virtual reality at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) November 27 to…
ARA Adds DPlot Graphing Software for Scientists and Engineers to Suite of Software Offerings
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce it now offers DPlot, the leading graphing and data visualization software tool for scientists, engineers, researchers, or anyone else who is…
Security First Insurance Leverages ARA’s HurLoss for Terrain Modeling
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has announced that Security First Insurance will license terrain data from HurLoss®, ARA’s state-of-the-art hurricane loss model. “ARA’s terrain service API allows us to better…
ARA to Demo Innovative Defense Solutions at AUSA 2023
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) will showcase its innovative defense technologies at the 2023 Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting (AUSA), October 9-11 in Washington D.C. The AUSA…
ARA Hosts Asphalt Pavement In-Place Recycling Techniques Course
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), in conjunction with Auburn University’s National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) is pleased to announce it is the provider for the National Highway Institute training…
ARA Transportation Experts Host Risk Management Course
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce it is the provider for the National Highway Institute (NHI) course on risk management (NHI-310065), instructed by ARA transportation experts. Managing…
ARA Serves as National Provider for Pavement Smoothness Construction Quality Control Course
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), in conjunction with Auburn University’s National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) is pleased to announce it is the provider for the National Highway Institute training…
ARA’s Retrofit Bumpers for Light Rail Vehicles Improve Public Safety
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) recently led an effort to improve safety for pedestrians and motorists across the country who may be struck by a light rail vehicle (LRV). ARA…
ARA and BAaM Introduce The Blast Mat to Mitigate Blast Exposure Risk and Optimize Training
ARA and BAaM Introduce The Blast Mat to Mitigate Blast Exposure Risk and Optimize Training
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) and Blast Analytics and Mitigation Inc. (BAaM) have partnered to create The Blast Mat™, an intuitive new training tool to help service members and law…
Q-and-A with GVSETS Lead, Retired Army Colonel John Hall
ARA will be attending the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium (GVSETS) in August in greater Detroit. GVSETS brings together government, industry, and academia to learn about the advances…
FutureProof Licenses Data Sets from ARA’s HurLoss Model to Enhance Risk Tools
FutureProof Technologies Inc. has signed an agreement with ARA to license hurricane hazard and vulnerability data sets which form the basis for HurLoss®, ARA’s state-of-the-art hurricane model. FutureProof is an…
ARA’s SERVICE Program Supports LEGO Club League Robotics
ARA’s SERVICE Program funded robotics kits for the First LEGO League Club at Culbreth Middle School. The kits allow students to engage in research, problem-solving, coding, engineering, and building a…
ARA’s SERVICE Program Supports Stomp Rockets Purchase
ARA’s SERVICE Program supported the purchase of a classroom set of stomp rocket launchers for the St. Mary’s Catholic School STREAM (science, technology, religion, engineering, art, and mathematics) class. The…
ARA’s SERVICE Program Supports Vicksburg Girl Scout Day
Every year, the River City Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosts a Vicksburg Girl Scout Day. The purpose of the day is to introduce girls to different…
ARA’s SERVICE Program Funds Full Robotics Game Sets
Recently, 40 middle school and high school aged teams from across New Mexico met at Cibola High School in Albuquerque to compete in the New Mexico State Championships for VEX…
ARA SERVICE Program Funds Coding Robots for STEAM Night in Panama City
ARA’s SERVICE Program recently sponsored the Bay Haven Charter Academy STEAM Night in Panama City, Florida. Over 200 students and more than 40 volunteers attended the event with dozens of…
ARA’s SERVICE Program Supports MATHCOUNTS Event
ARA’s SERVICE Program recently sponsored the Black Hills Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition in Western South Dakota. More than 100,000 students across the U.S. participate each year in the MATHCOUNTS Competition Series,…
ARA Sponsors New Mexico Tech Robotics Tournament
ARA was a sponsor of the annual Miner Mayhem tournament at New Mexico Tech. Fifty-five teams from universities, high schools, and middle schools competed at the combat robotics tournament hosted…
ARA’s Hydrothermal Cleanup (HCU) Pretreat has Launched at Montana Renewables
ARA’s HCU Pretreat has Launched at Montana Renewables
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), an international research and engineering company that provides innovative solutions, is excited to announce the successful startup of the first commercial Hydrothermal Cleanup (HCU) Pretreat unit at Montana Renewables in Great Falls, MT.
ARA Joins Other Risk Model Vendors on Moody’s RMS Intelligent Risk Platform to Broaden Client Access
ARA Broadens Client Access via Moody’s RMS Intelligent Risk Platform
Moody’s RMS®, the leading global catastrophe risk modeling and solutions company, is announcing that risk models from Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), Fathom, and JBA Risk Management (JBA) are all…
Jim Kainz Named ARA Senior Vice President
Jim Kainz Named ARA Senior Vice President
ARA is pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Kainz to ARA Senior Vice President. Kainz has served as an ARA Vice President since 2013 and has been instrumental in…
Will Goodman Named ARA Senior Vice President
Will Goodman Named ARA Senior Vice President
ARA is pleased to announce the promotion of Will Goodman to ARA Senior Vice President. Goodman joined ARA in September 2020 as an ARA Vice President and was tasked with establishing…
ARA Services Can Help Agencies Meet New Pavement Marking Standards
As of September this year, all U.S. transportation agencies must maintain their pavement markings to a new federal standard. Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is well poised to help agencies…
Study Shows Chemical Coatings Can Affect Microparticles ‘Swimming’ in Mucus Solutions
Research from SMU's BAST Lab and Applied Research Associates, Inc. advances microbiotics for use in targeted drug delivery DALLAS (SMU) – Collaborative research between SMU nanorobotics authority MinJun Kim’s Biological…
ARA Releases Free BurnCARE Virtual Trainer App on Google Play
Developed by Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), BurnCARE Virtual Trainer is designed to transform how the U.S. Army trains its medics to treat serious burn injuries. The innovative application is…
ARA’s Virtual Heroes Division Named Unreal Engine Authorized Service Partner
Applied Research Associates Inc.'s (ARA) Virtual Heroes division has been named by Epic Games as an Unreal Engine Authorized Service Partner. Partners “provide the highest level of technical support, implementation, and co-dev services” to Unreal…
Curt Beckemeyer Promoted to ARA Deputy CEO of Technical Operations
Curt Beckemeyer Promoted to ARA Deputy CEO of Technical Operations
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce the promotion of Curt Beckemeyer to deputy CEO of technical operations, effective Oct. 1. Beckemeyer joined ARA in 1992 and has…
Elizabeth Fisk Promoted to ARA Director of Corporate Operations
Elizabeth Fisk Promoted to ARA Director of Corporate Operations
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce the promotion of Beth Fisk to the role of director of corporate operations, effective Oct. 1, 2022. Fisk began her career…
ARA’s Initial Orbit Determination Method Could Help Secure Satellites in Space
ARA’s Initial Orbit Determination Method Could Help Secure Satellites in Space
As congestion in space grows, there is an immediate need to improve the speed and accuracy with which we determine the position and trajectory of objects in space, and an…
ARA Expands to Greenville, South Carolina
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) today announced the expansion of its Integrated Products Division to Greenville, South Carolina. ARA’s Integrated Products Division has a 40-year history in Vermont and will…
ARA Develops Trauma Triage Treatment and Training Decision Support (4TDS) System
Trauma Triage Treatment and Training Decision Support (4TDS)
Recipient of the 2022 Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) Impact Award, recognizing a member firm’s outstanding support of a high impact military need. ML-supported decision support for austere battlefield settings…
ARA Announces Reappraisal at CMMI Maturity Level 3
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) announced today that its Integrated Mission Systems (IMS) sector major software programs have been reappraised at level 3 of the CMMI Institute's Capability Maturity Model…
Chemically coated microparticles performing different trajectories under computer control. Microparticles are 10 microns in diameter.
ARA and Southern Methodist University Announce Microrobotics Collaboration
Chemically coated microparticles performing different trajectories under computer control. Microparticles are 10 microns in diameter. ARA and the Biological Actuation, Sensing, and Transport Laboratory (BAST Lab) at SMU (Southern Methodist…
ARA Showcases Transportation Expertise
The Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting was held in person in Washington, D.C. earlier this month with an exhibit hall and hundreds of workshops, lectern sessions, poster sessions, and committee…
ARA-Developed GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator Tested at Eglin AFB
ARA-Developed GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator Tested at Eglin AFB
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) supported the development of the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator, which was recently released by a 96th Test Wing F-15E Strike Eagle while cruising over the…
Neya Systems Tapped to Develop U.S. Department of Defense Unmanned Multi-Robot Software Functionality
Neya Systems Tapped to Develop U.S. Department of Defense Unmanned Multi-Robot Software Functionality
Applied Research Associates Inc.’s (ARA) Neya Systems Division recently announced it has been awarded a contract with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense to create a Tactical Assault…
ARA Engineers Help Develop New Physical Security Manual of Practice
Engineers at Applied Research Associates, Inc (ARA) have a proven history in physical security and protective design, and are proud help make our world safer and more secure through their…
Robotic Forestry Equipment is Already Here
Risk reduction. Increased productivity. Reduced worker fatigue. These are the challenges facing any forestry firm. How can you accomplish all three with your existing equipment? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)…
Weighing on ARA’s Expertise: ARA Engineer is Featured in an International Magazine
Weighing on ARA’s Expertise: ARA Engineer is Featured in an International Magazine
Weigh-in-motion (WIM) technology provides unique way to inform transportation departments and toll operators about heavy vehicle usage on roadways and enables them making more informed infrastructure decisions. In recent years,…