Applied Research Associates

Applied Research Associates Inc. (ARA), is an engineering, management, and public sector consulting firm and a research and development company headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1979. As of 2018, its revenue was estimated at between $100 and $750 million by The Washington Post. As of 2011, it had approximately 1,600 employees.

History
The company was launched by Harry Auld and Neil Higgins in 1979. The company was originally named Higgins, Auld and Bratton Inc. Jimmie Bratton joined the company in 1980 and the name was changed to its current name, Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA).

In 2008, ARA assisted National Institute of Standards and Technology with their investigation into the collapse of original 7 World Trade Center in the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Sub-divisions

 * Analytic, Software, and Engineering Solutions
 * Automation & Geosciences
 * Security Engineering & Applied Sciences
 * Software, Systems, and Modeling
 * Transportation, Infrastructure, and Energy
 * Klein Associates

Research

 * National Security
 * Integrated Munitions Effects Assessment (IMEA)
 * Nuclear Capabilities Services (NuCS)
 * Vulnerability Assessment and Protection Option (VAPO)
 * Infrastructure
 * Health Solutions
 * BioGears Human Physiology Engine
 * PTSD - A 2007-2008 pilot study by ARA found connections between traumatic brain injury and Posttraumatic stress disorder, contesting the notion that PTSD is primarily a psychological and not a physical affliction.
 * Energy & Environment

Products

 * Silent Sabre directed-energy weapon.
 * MRZR X unmanned ground vehicle (with Polaris and Neya Systems).
 * Modular Robotic Applique Kits (M-RAKs)
 * ARC4 augmented reality system
 * Aggregative Contingent Estimation System (ACES) crowdsourcing platform, funded by IARPA
 * HURLOSS, a hurricane modelling system
 * ReadiJet renewable biofuel (with Chevron Lummus Global)