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.
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 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 HCU process (also known as HVO pretreatment) is a single-step solution for the renewable diesel pretreatment process and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Results from the Warfighter Brain Fitness Study, which recently published in the journal Military Medicine, show that the combination of two brain fitness programs delivered significant improvements across multiple key measures of cognitive resilience a health and readiness priority of the U.S. military.
ARA operates a state-of-the-art Geotechnical Laboratory in Randolph, VT, dedicated to delivering highly specialized testing and analysis that support research, design, and engineering applications across a range of industries.
In Vermont, ARA conducts leading edge research in sensors, geotechnology, and robotics.
ARA has marked a major achievement for the Additive Construction of Maneuver Enabling Technology (ACME Tech) research project following a successful field demonstration with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and soldiers from the Wisconsin and Maryland Army National Guard.
ARA’s new Special Purpose Equipment Indoctrination Course delivers a robust curriculum that prepares warfighters for operational success in today’s dynamic threat environment.
ARA, a leader in security engineering and protective design, is proud to announce its role in the development of a newly released American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved school security standard, published by ASIS International.
ARA, a defense industry leader, has been awarded a 24-month contract by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Eglin Munitions Directorate, to serve as the System Design Agent for the development of a prototype air-to-ground Next Generation Penetrator weapon system.
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is proud to announce it has been awarded a patent for its cyberspace operations effectiveness modeling technology.
ARA is pleased to announce it has achieved the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) level 2 status on June 5.
The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has announced the official launch of Trusted UGV, the first-ever industry certification program focused on cybersecurity and supply chain integrity for uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs).
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) and Clemson University have announced a partnership to enhance the diesel electric drivetrain of ARA’s autonomous robot.
ARA has partnered with the Atlantic County Economic Alliance (ACEA) and the National Aerospace Research and Technology Park (NARTP) on an effort for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies (CAAT).
Associates, Inc. (ARA) and SMU are collaborating to develop microrobots for vitreous hemorrhage mitigation and accelerated recovery.
To meet the need for improved space domain awareness and ultimately help improve national security, ARA developed the Advanced Uni-sensor Rapid Orbit Reconstruction Algorithm and Sensing (AURORAS) technique for orbit determination that provides a significant improvement in the timeliness of information for critical decision making.
ARA has announced the launch of N-Drive, a full-stack autonomy solution for unconstrained environments.
ARA’s Cyber Operations Lethality and Effectiveness (COLE) is an innovative mission planning tool that provides critical information to decision makers to reliably estimate cyberspace operations effects for targeting, weaponeering, and planning.
ARA’s innovative Compressed Matrix Package (CMPACK) fast solver software library accelerates simulations of complex radio frequency, acoustic, and other wave physics applications.
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’s BioGears® Biomedical and Health Solutions Platform is a comprehensive suite of physiology simulation capabilities for advanced medical research, training, and decision support solutions.
HurLoss™ is ARA’s state-of-the-art hurricane catastrophe model for property insurers, reinsurers and brokers, so that you can plan for the future.
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…
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 provides uncrewed, ground vehicle autonomy solutions for off-road environments, helping to solve the unique set of challenges when compared to on-road applications.
ARA’s innovative FAST-CT software provides accurate blast overpressure data to help evaluate potential blast incidents and their effects on service member brain health.
ARA’s PPP process is a single-step solution for removing unwanted contaminants often found in pyrolysis oil, using only high temperatures, pressure, water, and turbulent flow.
ARA’s Hydrothermal Refining process provides a single-step continuous solution for degumming edible oils, outperforming traditional methods.
ARA’s Hydrothermal Fat Splitting process provides a single-step continuous solution for producing free fatty acids and glycerin from a variety of oils.
Reduce risk and increase performance with Otonos autonomy and robotics.
Imagine swarms of robots smaller than 1/50th the diameter of a single strand of human are injected into a human working together to provide targeted lifesaving treatments without the need for invasive surgery. ARA is on a mission to make this a reality.
SUSTAIN is a modular, extensible, point of demand modeling and simulation system for use in military medical education and training for care in the field that extends beyond initial trauma care – Prolonged Field Care (PFC)
BurnCARE is a virtual patient medical trainer, designed to transform how the U.S. Army trains its medics to treat serious burn injuries...
Zero Hour: America’s Medic is a first-person 3D serious game for training emergency responders to handle mass casualty incidents.
All ATLaS devices provide our clients a unique full scale state-of-the-art accelerated pavement testing (APT) tool to generate applied infrastructure research that produces benefits to an agency in a very short time...
AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design is the next generation of AASHTOWare pavement design software, which builds upon the mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide...
PaVision is the low-cost pavement management data collection system that allows anyone to have high-quality management data...
Since 2003, VAPO has provided vulnerability assessors with state of the art modeling and simulation capabilities...
IMEA/UTAS provides the intelligence community, warfighters, and analysts ability to characterize building, bunker, tunnel, and open-air targets...
RIBITS: Regulatory In-lieu fee and Bank Information Tracking System RIBITS is the prominent national tool providing the public information about mitigation banks and ILFs and by prospective mitigation providers examining…
ARA provides comprehensive pavement engineering research and consulting services for roadways, airfields, parking areas, and intermodal facilities, and employs a range of pavement testing technologies...
ARA’s Vertek is the world leader in the development and manufacturing of advanced in-situ soil testing apparatus...
ARA has developed water-based cleanup and conversion technologies for over a decade. ARA’s fuels technologies solve critical problems and improve our safety, security and way of life…
A.T.-BLAST calculates blast loading parameters from an open-air hemispherical explosion based on distance from the device...
3D Blast provides quick calculation and visualization of blast loads on different building shapes for an open-air explosion of a bare hemispherical charge...
Dynamic Component Modeling Software (DCMS) assists engineers in the analysis and design of building structures (walls, roofs, frames, window frames, etc.) subjected to dynamic loads with a focus on blast analysis...
The MPPD model is a computational model that can be used for estimating human and laboratory animal inhalation particle dosimetry...
ARC4 RECON is advanced augmented reality (AR) technology that delivers heads-up tactical situational awareness, day or night...
Our advanced intrusion detection system provides expendable, affordable, actionable, and undetectable vehicle movement, foot traffic, and equipment power status sensors that identify security threats BEFORE they cause damage or inflict harm...
WINdow Glazing Analysis Response and Design (WINGARD) provides an accurate analytical model of window response to the effects of an explosion...
