The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD).  It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for the DoD, and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions.

DRS Technologies, Inc. is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide.  Focused on defense technology, the Company develops, manufacturers and supports a broad range of systems for mission critical and military sustainment requirements, as well as homeland security.

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is the Air Force’s only organization wholly dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting technologies for our air, space and cyberspace forces.

Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) develops and integrates C4ISR technologies that enable the warfighter to sense the battle space; deny and disrupt enemy efforts; and remain “connected” to achieve and sustain information superiority, strike with decisive lethality and survive.

Applied Physical Sciences Corp. is a Research, Development and Engineering consulting firm specializing in Acoustics, Signal Processing, Marine Hydrodynamics and Electromagnetics. They provide services and innovative products to the National Defense R&D community, and also for the commercial market through direct commercial support and the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. Roughly half of their technical staff hold PhDs in Engineering, Physics and Mathematics.

Torch Technologies, Inc. provides information technology solutions for the Department of Defense customers in the United States. The company’s services include information assurance, computer and information security, and data warehousing; computer system procurement, integration, test, and maintenance; and weapon system testing support and analysis, test programmatic and event planning, pre-mission predictions and analyses, test integration and execution, onsite test support and quicklook analysis, post-test detailed analyses, post processing tool development and operation, post test reconstruction, test infrastructure development, and test software tools development. Its services also include data collection, analysis, and reporting; developmental, technical, and operational testing; post mission data reduction, analysis, documentation, and distribution; and modeling and simulation, software development, systems engineering, technology development, and test and evaluation.

Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) is a United States Interagency program for research and development into counter-terrorism measures.