Who We Are

Addressing National Security Challenges with Applied Research, Serving as a Trusted Adviser

ARLIS serves as a trusted adviser to the government, conducting test and evaluation, developing technology and delivering quality research that can be applied to intelligence and security challenges. Our research teams are grounded in state-of-the-are technology and have a direct understanding of the complex challenges faced by the defense intelligence and security enterprise.

ARLIS is composed of a wide range of expertise and disciplines representing more than 40 different degrees in the areas of social and behavioral sciences, political and economic sciences, languages and linguistics, systems engineering and computer science. With more than 240 full- and part-time employees, ARLIS continues to grow in the areas of human and social systems; intelligent human machine systems; data science, advanced computation and emerging technologies; and software and systems engineering. These technical experts work with ARLIS’s many former and current defense security and intelligence operators and policymakers to solve difficult national security problems, resulting in quality research that is relevant both to academia and our operational partners.