The following guidelines are provided to make your visit to VT-ARC easy. Please assist us in this effort by complying with our security requirements.

Clearance/Visit Request

If you are planning on having a classified collateral visit, your clearance/visit request must be on file with the Visitor Control Center (VCC).

Blacksburg Office

For collateral-level visits, send your visit authorization request via email to jon.fulcher@vt-arc.org.  Via JPAS, the requesting FSO may send a visit request using the SMO Code: 6BC375. Please use the following information for sending your visit request:

The Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) provides unique access to the broad and rich research enterprise found at Virginia Tech. VT-ARC forms multi-disciplinary teams to apply innovative solutions to the real-world problems that strain our social, political, industrial, and economic foundations. Specializing in the identification and use of fundamental research, VT-ARC performs contract R&D on larger scale problems and at technology readiness levels beyond those generally addressed by academia. VT-ARC combines significant technical expertise with program management skills to deliver robust solutions on schedule and on budget.

VT-ARC performs applied research, development, engineering, testing, and evaluation, leveraging the rich multi-disciplinary research enterprise of Virginia Tech. VT-ARC is a “problem driven” non-profit university affiliated research corporation focusing on complex and challenging problems that span strategy, policy, technology, and operations in the following five mission areas.

VT-ARC seeks technical and administrative professionals who are highly skilled and motivated to tackle challenging assignments, and who will be committed to Virginia Tech's motto "Ut Prosim" - "That I May Serve."  If you possess these qualities, then we would like to hear from you.  We encourage you to consider the open positions below.

About VT-ARC's Culture

Our values:  To deliver innovation to our customers and successfully contribute to complex technical challenges, VT-ARC is building an organization and culture that is marked by four primary values:  Teamwork, Integrity, Excellence and Service.