Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is a small business, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, that supplies fully-cleared defense contractors, professionals and subject matter experts to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Its technical work spans machine learning, autonomy, cyber-physical systems, directed energy, and cybersecurity and information warfare, alongside agile software development, cloud services and research and development.
The company operates through five core service areas: Professional Services, Cybersecurity & Information Warfare, Agile Software Development, Cloud Services, and Research & Development, the last of which delivers national security R&D solutions. Customers are federal government agencies nationwide, and ARS maintains strategic partnerships with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Special Operations Command.
ARS describes its culture as customer-focused and mission-driven, with an emphasis on career development and work/life balance. The company has been a nominee for Best Places to Work recognition since 2020 and states an aim of building a destination workplace for talent in defense and intelligence contracting. It remains a growing small business.
