Applied Research In Acoustics LLC

Madison, VA · Defense · Private

Generative algorithms for augmenting multispectral infrared imagery to detect rare objects of interest

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · ariacoustics.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Madison, VA
Total capital: $43.7M

Federal grants: $11.8M; 16 awards · 2018–2026; Rank in peer group#27 of 161
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $32M; 54 awards · Defense, Justice; Rank in Defense#192 of 1442
Granted patents: 0; 1 pending

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jan 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Ph II Award Topic N191-016$3M
Jan 2026Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph II Award Topic N191-016$3M
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · FY24 Ousd (r And E) SBIR| Air Force Digital Transformation Office (dto)| O2D-0304 - Generative Augmentation Process (gap) I Aria$1.2M
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · New SBIR Ph I Award N251-039$139K
Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · New SBIR Ph I Award N251-039$139K
Mar 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Base Award For A SBIR Phase II Topic #N221-062.$596K
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · Base Award For A SBIR Phase II Topic #N221-062.$1.2M

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Feb 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Base Award For SBIR Phase II Topic #231-035.$699K
Feb 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Base Award For SBIR Phase II Topic #N192-094.$1.2M
Feb 2025Federal contractDefense · Base Award For SBIR Phase II Topic #N192-094.$1.2M
Feb 2025Federal contractDefense · Base Award For SBIR Phase II Topic #231-035.$699K
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$139K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$139K
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$139K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$139K
Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I Topic N24A-T020$139K
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · STTR Phase I Topic N24A-T020$139K
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II Selected Under Topic A22B-T002 For Verification, Validation, Assurance And Trust Of Machine Learning Models And Data For Safety Critical Application In Armaments Systems$1.1M
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II Selected Under Topic A22B-T002 For Verification, Validation, Assurance And Trust Of Machine Learning Models And Data For Safety Critical Application In Armaments Systems$2M
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · BASE$1.2M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · BASE$1.7M
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$239K
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I$140K
Apr 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Generative Modeling of Multispectral Satellite Imagery$167K
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · Award Of STTR Phase 1 From DOD Program Baa For Sttrs 22.B. Aria Proposal: A22B T002 0191$172K
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I.$140K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$239K
May 2022Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d Non-real-time Hardware-assisted Computer-system Simulation$1.5M
May 2021Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I Research & Development - Non-real-time Hardware Assisted Computer System Simulation$125K
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.6M
Feb 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development N19B-T035$1.6M
Dec 2020Federal contractDefense · Few-shot Learning For Rare Sonar Contacts Via Domain Adaptation Of Modeled Sonar Data$402K
Nov 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Feature Learning, Encoding, and Extraction Toolkit (FLEET)$998K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation SBIR Phase I Effort Titled Ceatr (common Embeddings For Aided And Automatic Target Recognition)in Response To Topic: A20-043$111K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · Few-shot Learning Via Domain Adaptation Of Imperfectly Modeled Sonar Data To Real Sonar Data$376K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · CEATR (Common Embeddings for Aided and automatic Target Recognition)$111K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$140K
May 2020Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$160K
Feb 2020Federal contractDefense · Modeling, Characterizing, And Predicting Effects Of Internal Gravity Waves On Acoustic Propagation On Basin To Global Scales$1.1M
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · Deep Reinforcement Learning For Cognitive Active-sonar Employment$600K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1$140K
Dec 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Undersea Sensor Network Performance Modeling and Cost Tool$140K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1$240K
Oct 2019Federal contractDefense · STTR Ph 1$239K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$1.0M
Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$999K
Aug 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Cognitive Computing Application for Defense Contracting$938K
Jun 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$237K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Seaport Nxg Minimum Obligation Task Order$500
Dec 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · LIFT: Learning Imagery for Few-Shot Training/AriA$225K
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$125K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$225K
Jul 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Research And Development$2.1M
Jul 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Ph I$125K
Apr 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$125K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$125K
Jun 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Onr SBIR Phase I$224K
Apr 2017Federal contractDefense · Base Igf::ot::igf$1.5M
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · SBIR R&d. Igf::ot::igf$80K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · SBIR Pi R&d. Igf::ot::igf$80K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Machine Interface For Contracting Assistance (mica)$562K
Apr 2016Federal contractDefense · Base Igf::ot::igf$1.5M
Jan 2016Federal contractDefense · Base Igf::ot::igf$1.5M
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Topological And Deep Representation Learning For Context-sensitive Automatic Target Recognition$409K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Machine Interface For Contracting Assistance (mica)$150K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Status Report$150K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Status Report$150K
Oct 2013Federal contractJustice · Igf::ct::igf$16K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · Status Report$149K
Jul 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$530K

Federal awards are summed by year (70 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 161 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grants#27 · top 17%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 0 granted of 1

Aug 22, 2024PendingLocal Aerosol Evacuation Systems For Additive Manufacturing SystemsUSPTOApplication 18392781

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Regulatory activity · Defense

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11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.