Visit ARA at Pavement Preservation Partnership Meetings
Visit ARA at Pavement Preservation Partnership Meetings SEPPP • April 7-9 • Asheville, NC NEPPP • May 5-7 • Springfield, MA MPPP • September 16-18 • De Moines, IA RMPPP…
Visit ARA at Pavement Preservation Partnership Meetings SEPPP • April 7-9 • Asheville, NC NEPPP • May 5-7 • Springfield, MA MPPP • September 16-18 • De Moines, IA RMPPP…
Platforms that bridge on-premise test systems with secure cloud platforms
ARA is a proud participant of Hiring Our Heroes, helping connect the military community with American businesses to create economic opportunity and a strong and diversified workforce.
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.
CHOMP enhances situational awareness for canine handlers and prevents operator distraction through rapid geo-location of canine assets and full illumination control
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is pleased to announce it is ranked the 91st largest majority employee-owned company on the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) 2023 Employee Ownership 100…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Blast Mat is a user-friendly tool to help service members and law enforcement personnel optimize training and mitigate the effects of blast exposure risk when operating various weapons systems.
ARA has been named one of the top 200 federal contractors in Bloomberg Government’s twelfth annual BGOV 200 report, which ranks contractors based on fiscal year 2022 data for unclassified,…
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned international research and engineering company that provides innovative solutions to the edge with technologies and capabilities that are proven to make a…
Fully automated 3D modeling and terrain generation software from satellite imagery
ARA’s retrofit bumper for light rail vehicles significantly reduces injuries, repair and litigation costs, and system downtimes.
BOOTH 731 | January 8-12, 2023
ARA serves military, civilian government, and private organizations worldwide with a range of products and services that support the full infrastructure life cycle – from planning through preservation – and help provide cost-effective asset management.
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 the Biological Actuation, Sensing, and Transport Laboratory (BAST Lab) at SMU (Southern Methodist…
ARA operates some of the United States’ premier test sites for full-scale explosive testing of building cladding, structural systems, and other protective/hardened designs...
ARC4 RECON is advanced augmented reality (AR) technology that delivers heads-up tactical situational awareness, day or night...
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…
Combat Medic is a state-of-the-art training and simulation tool designed for medical education.
ARA's experienced DevSecOps engineers, cloud security engineers, and software engineers will architect and implement secure cloud solutions to address your most challenging problems...
ARA’s board certified staff of security professionals provide a comprehensive knowledge base to train and educate stakeholders in the requirements of the ISC and UFC criteria...
ARA is a proud sponsor of the Evidence Madness, a competition to identify important scientific research published within the last five years that will lead to new, transformative industries by…
ARA is providing tools and expertise in the emerging priorities of space ISR, communication, and space situational awareness to evaluate technologies and perform space system assessments...
ARA’s SonoWeb technology uses ultrasonic forces to concentrate particles. The SonoWeb is low power and efficiently concentrates particles in the key threat size range of 0.3 to 5 microns...
Introducing the SenseDefense line of acoustic protectors – the most comprehensive line of hearing protection products designed for first responders and safety officers...
ARA has a long history in weapon system development and testing, and our technical and operational expertise supports new ways to defeat enemy targets, improving outcomes in high-priority national security missions…
Human Injury Treatment (HIT) is a computer modeling tool for predicting human injury, incapacitation, medical response requirements, and patient outcome associated with weapon engagements in shipboard environments...
STAMPS is a mission planning system for Navy surface ships that integrates a custom-developed readiness/preparedness model that helps determine training, manpower, system, and maintenance schedules...
With a shift to near-peer adversaries, the development and integration of directed energy and non-kinetics have become a priority for U.S. defense...
ARA works with the researchers of the ERDC Impact and Explosives Effects Branch to develop the PENCRV3D_RSM mission planning software package...
ARA uses a range of tools from engineering tools to full 3D computational fluid dynamics simulations projects investigating the effects of blast exposure...
ARA provides innovative building information modeling (BIM) for transportation and civil integrated management (CIM) services for a broad range of transportation...
Leveraging technical excellence and innovation, ARA enhances infrastructure performance with advanced tools and technology, improving the safety of roadways for the traveling public…
In the area of infrastructure, ARA’s M&S tools and software provide highly accurate, cost-effective alternatives to large-scale tests in crashworthiness, forensics, impact analysis, structural characterization, and fire protection...
Our engineers model and accurately predict full-scale train crash tests and apply validated models to the design of new and improved structures and the analysis of real-world accidents...
ARA experts develop international, national, state, local, and industry standards, specifications, test methods, procedures, and requirements...
ARA helps clients to assess federal and state traffic monitoring directives, as well as develop and implement standards and practices to improve efficiency and accuracy in traffic data collection...
To help address the challenges of communicating engineering-related information to a diverse set of stakeholders, ARA offers the web-based AirView application to provide easy access to a wide range of information...
ARA provides innovative risk management services for a broad range of transportation- and infrastructure-related projects and programs...
ARA uses our combined geotechnical and structures expertise to provide a range of innovative R&D, consulting, and training services…
Through the integrated application of engineering expertise, innovative communication and outreach, and responsive program management, ARA has helped the FHWA...
AISAP: Automatic Identification System Analysis Package Challenge The Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) studies vessel traffic along waterways within and around the United…
Through effective asset management, agencies can maximize their return on investment, improve system performance, extend the life of critical assets, and increase customer satisfaction...
ARA has a comprehensive suite of testing capabilities designed to assess the performance of pavement markings. Our professionals are nationally recognized experts...
ARA has utilized mock-up software to bridge the gap of what is expected and what is implemented. This then leads to a quicker transition to a working product with all parties in agreement on the nature of the end product...
ARA protects our infrastructure and transportation systems with decades of experience providing blast and security consulting, developing advanced security systems...
ARA's rail-related technologies and research have contributed to new safety standards, codes, and practices and improved crashworthiness and occupant survivability…
With more than 30 years of experience in the industry, ARA understands today’s highway transportation engineering challenges...
ARA’s Neya Systems Division offers a full suite of autonomy solutions including mission planning, navigation, perception, machine learning, and low-level control...
ARA has extensive experience supporting various agencies with a comprehensive range of security services such as physical and electronic security design, risk assessments, blast assessments and mitigation...
ARA developed criteria and progressive collapse analyses can save lives and prevent injury, while also protecting buildings, functions, and assets in the event of severe structural damage…
ARA’s E-Sim serves as an assessment tool to determine optimal egress/ingress solutions for facilities and examine where bottlenecks or problems exist...
Terrorist tactics are known to include use of explosives as well as toxic industrial materials (TIMs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs)...
ARA is researching the impact of ballistic threats on these materials to determine to what degree, if any, these materials provide protection and how may they be affordably improved...
ARA has experience helping government agencies assess and evaluate the facilities in their inventory to understand the window vulnerabilities to blast loads...
ARA has extensive experience analyzing, testing, and designing vehicle barrier systems to develop a reliable validated model...
ARA is uniquely qualified to provide these services for even the most challenging threats and conditions to help protect people, facilities, operational capability, and critical equipment/systems...
ARA engineers and security specialists work as part of design-build teams beginning at the earliest stages of a project to develop and integrate innovative blast and progressive collapse mitigation strategies...
ARA has developed a program to teach first responders, firefighters, facility tenants, and citizens about specialty windows such as blast, hurricane, and ballistic windows through classroom, live demonstration, and online training...
ARA’s experts have decades of experience in the development and implementation of disaster management plans and training, as well as providing comprehensive reviews of existing plans...
Emergency Management/First Responder Tools ARA’s expertise in physiological and computational modeling, research, development, and design ensure human aspects of systems respond effectively to unexpected demand. With these skills we develop…
RUGUD is a sophisticated, data-driven framework that supports configurable terrain generation. Its application is for both wide-area databases and high-resolution urban environments...
ASCEND provides technologies to streamline the source-to-solder pipeline of synthetic environmental data to enhance the modern soldier’s situational awareness and decision making...
Mission Biotech, an educational, immersive 3D game featuring many hours of gameplay and challenges is being offered free to educators as well as students interested in learning how scientists search and test for clues to identify a virus during a pandemic outbreak...
ARA provides technical risk modeling for various components of the airport system, including runway safety areas, runway protection zones, and runway incursions...
ARA has implemented airside and landside pavement management systems for hundreds of commercial, general aviation, and military airfields worldwide...
ARA has developed novel graph analytics that allow analysts to quickly process huge hypergraphs to identify key storylines in the data...
Critical and complex decisions in high risk, high value situations are often not amenable to off-the-shelf AI/ML techniques. ARA’s multi-disciplinary teams are developing innovative solutions that address these hard problems...
ARA trainers have performed hundreds of security risk assessments for a wide range of federal government facilities. This hands-on experience...
Leveraging the company’s patented ARC4 Recon technology, the StrikeRing app brings an entirely new level of realism to airsoft and paintball fields...
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Our technology allows teams to perform tasks with high awareness of their surroundings, in close coordination with each other, and with enhanced safety and speed.…
ARA provides translational science through the development of experimentally-validated algorithms, computational models, and software codes to offer state-of-the-art physiological modeling and testing capabilities...
ARA pairs innovation with in-depth knowledge of physical, chemical, physiological and biological processes to solve complex health problems...
HumanSim: Sedation and Airway is designed to help medical staff gain experience and improve quality of care by coupling an immersive training environment with an advanced real-time physiology engine...
Medical and Health Effects Software ARA makes cutting-edge software to help improve health and human safety through the use of high-fidelity modeling and simulation, enhanced analysis and visualization tools, and…
ARA’s bioaerosol and microbiology research is providing game changing solutions for government and industry…
Pavement Engineering Tools Each year, transportation agencies spend more than $20 billion in federal funds to improve roadway pavements in the United States, and ARA tools are supporting those efforts.…
ARA provides analytically-defensible studies on time and budget to inform decisions that improve resource allocation, unity of effort, and operational effectiveness...
ARA is a premier provider of state-of-the-practice airport security, infrastructure, and safety solutions for commercial airports and DoD airfield installations…
ARA is a leading developer of advanced unmanned systems, offering solid technical solutions and industry-leading customer service...
Training Services & Solutions In today’s dynamic business environment, motivated and competently trained employees are your competitive edge. ARA’s experts can help you achieve this advantage with interactive training products…
Advanced sensors & Security Systems ARA has provided security services since the mid-1980s and today provides tools to maximize physical security that are highly scalable and affordable, offering our government…
From penetration and detonation underground, to air-blast, to a nuclear attack against U.S. satellites in space, ARA scientists and engineers understand the range of complex physics associated with weapons effects...
Our team has created many solutions for government customers in the areas of large-scale terrain, automated building generation, and synthetic environment export to a wide range of training platforms...
ARA provides comprehensive risk assessment services and tools to maximize physical and electronic security within the government and private industry, and works with organizations to develop disaster management plans...
ARA engineers and scientists are well-versed in offering novel solutions and tangible prototypes that can be quickly deployed. Many of our products are highly reliable at a low cost to the customer...
ARA leverages novel Intel solutions and expertise through cognitively authentic training, scalable web- and cloud-based enterprise systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and data analytics and knowledge bases...
ARA has a robust team of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive subject matter expertise for planning, operations, and post-event analysis supporting the warfighter and emergency responders…