Defense & Security

"Security is not a product, but a process." 
---Bruce Schneier

In today's globally connected world, there are many real and perceived threats to national security. To guard against risk, VT-ARC devotes its resources to produce high impact, rapid fielding, and non-traditional advances in assessing defensive and protection deliverables. VT-ARC draws from the extensive technical and sociological expertise residing within Virginia Tech to build and direct multi-disciplinary teams dedicated to creating innovative solutions to complex national security challenges.

Technology Thrusts

  • Threat capability analysis
  • Advance technology warfare systems
  • Autonomous systems & technologies
  • Counter-terrorism & counter-narcotics technologies
  • Advanced technology concepts
  • Modeling & simulation of complex environments
  • Power management
  • Geospatial information
  • Weapons of mass destruction security
  • Technology scouting
  • Informatics & large data exploitation

For further information on VT-ARC's defense & security expertise, please contact:

CAPT (ret) Oakley Key Watkins, III
keywatkins@vt-arc.org
703-879-8142 ext 110