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.

As increasingly complex national challenges arise, technical and programmatic expertise is needed to create an efficient solution. In order to address the problems straining the social, political, industrial, and economic foundations within society, VT-ARC identifies and applies innovative solutions to complex real-world problems. Dedicated to drawing upon the extensive breadth of skills found within Virginia Tech,
VT-ARC develops innovative solutions that leverage top R&D skills from academia and industry.