Applied Research Solutions

Applied Research Solutions is a small business founded in 2012 that supplies fully-cleared defence contractors, professionals and subject matter experts to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The company's stated purpose is to help those customers solve their most significant challenges, and its workforce is cleared to support classified work. Headquarters are in Dayton, Ohio.

The firm concentrates on five core service areas: professional services, cybersecurity and information warfare, agile software development, cloud services, and research and development. Its technical work spans cybersecurity, information warfare, agile software development, cloud services, machine learning, autonomy, cyber-physical systems and directed energy. Research and development is described as the driver of innovation in machine learning, autonomy, cyber-physical systems and directed energy.

Applied Research Solutions reports 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. The company describes itself as customer focused and mission driven, and as a growing small business.

Internally, the company says it aims to create a destination workplace for talent in the defence and intelligence contracting industry. It emphasises work/life balance and a culture in which employees are challenged to meet their career goals. It has been a nominee for Best Places to Work recognition since 2020.