ARiA, a small research-and-development firm founded in 2010, is headquartered in Madison, VA with offices in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA. ARiA bridges the gap from research to application by bringing together research scientists with system and software engineers. The result is high quality scientific data brought to market by engineers who craft solutions that solve real-world problems. DoD trusted engineers: technical leads and developers of multiple fielded Navy systems, advisors to NAVSEA and OPNAV, experience delivering solutions to industry and government. World-class scientists: national and international invited experts, editors of academic journals, collaborators with academics at top universities in the U.S. and abroad. ARiA, a research-and-development firm founded in 2010, is headquartered in Southwest Washington, DC with branch offices in the Washington, DC metro area, central Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and the Seattle, WA metro area. ARiA applies broad interdisciplinary experience in acoustics, signal processing, machine learning / artificial intelligence, modeling & simulation, and cognitive science toward innovative basic and applied science and engineering research and development product development, and consulting services for a diverse set of government and corporate clients and private-sector sales. Structured specifically to address the well-known challenge many firms have in transitioning applied research to advanced development, ARiA brings together top-quality research scientists with system and software engineers in an environment in which research and development mutually benefit from joint leveraging of in-house expertise. ARiA: Real World. Real Research.™