What CUBRC does

CUBRC is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) research and development corporation founded in 1983 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, with additional offices in Rome NY, San Diego CA, and Dayton OH. The company executes research, development, testing, and systems integration for the U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Homeland Security communities across three operating sectors: Hypersonics & Aerosciences, Data Science & Information Fusion, and Chemical/Biological/Medical Sciences.

CUBRC's core technology assets include the LENS family of hypersonic ground test facilities (LENS 48-Inch Tunnel, LENS I, LENS II, and LENS XX), which are designated critical US Government test infrastructure and represent the nation's largest velocity-versus-altitude test capability, including the only domestic hypervelocity expansion driven wind tunnel. The Data Science sector produces the RTI mission planning suite, ICED information fusion framework, SITA threat assessment tool, and the Common Core Ontology (CCO), which has been adopted as a baseline standard by both the DoD and the Intelligence Community. The CBRND sector operates BSL-2/BSL-3 laboratories under the Federal Select Agent Program, chemical defense test facilities certified by the U.S. Army Materiel Command, and an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management system. CUBRC's wholly-owned subsidiary Avarint, LLC develops and maintains the DIADS (Digital Integrated Air Defense System) high-fidelity simulation for the U.S. Air Force.

The company's revenue model is exclusively professional services-based, generating revenue through federal government contracts (competitive procurements, sole-source awards, and SBIR/STTR partnerships) with agencies including DoD, USAF, AFOSR, FDA, NIH, NIAID, BARDA, and DHS. As a not-for-profit, CUBRC accesses non-dilutive funding programs and serves as a transition partner for small businesses. Recent contract wins include a $96M 10-year CHAC IDIQ to Avarint (December 2025), $16M in FY2020 DoD facility funding, and a $2M FDA contract (October 2024). In April 2024, CUBRC made its first acquisition, Ahmic Aerospace, expanding its aerosciences division into the Ohio Aerospace Corridor.

Name

CUBRC

Legal name

CUBRC, Inc.

Website

https://cubrc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CUBRC is a not-for-profit R&D corporation serving U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Homeland Security agencies through hypersonic testing (LENS facilities), data fusion/AI tools, and chemical-biological defense laboratories. It operates via federal contracts and wholly-owned subsidiary Avarint.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buffalo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Research & Development Contracts: CUBRC generates revenue through federal government contracts for research, development, testing, and systems integration services. As a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), the company accesses non-dilutive funding from agencies including DoD, FDA, NIH, NIAID, BARDA, and Department of Homeland Security. Revenue comes from competitive procurements, sole-source awards, and SBIR/STTR partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CUBRC is an independent not-for-profit research and development company that executes research, development, testing, and systems integration for the U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Homeland Security communities. Its work spans three sectors: Hypersonics & Aerosciences (operating the LENS family of shock tunnels), Data Science & Information Fusion (mission planning, ontology, ML/AI tools), and Chemical, Biological & Medical Sciences (BSL-2/BSL-3 labs and chemical defense test facilities). The company also operates wholly-owned subsidiary Avarint for C4ISR modeling and simulation.

Product overview

CUBRC is an independent not-for-profit research and development company organized into three primary business sectors: Hypersonics & Aerosciences, Data Science & Information Fusion, and Chemical, Biological & Medical Sciences. The Hypersonics & Aerosciences sector operates the LENS family of ground test facilities (LENS 48-Inch Tunnel, LENS I, LENS II, and LENS XX) providing hypersonic flow testing capabilities from Mach 2-18. The Data Science & Information Fusion sector offers the RTI (RIGORS/TEMPO/INTELLEX) mission planning suite, ICED and SITA information fusion tools, and the Common Core Ontology (CCO) for knowledge representation. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Avarint, CUBRC maintains the DIADS simulation system and operates chemical defense test facilities. The April 2024 acquisition of Ahmic Aerospace added aerospace sensors and instrumentation capabilities. The Chemical, Biological & Medical Sciences sector provides BSL-2/BSL-3 laboratory facilities for research, testing, and medical countermeasure development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Avarint: A CUBRC subsidiary specializing in C4ISR Modeling and Simulation, developing and maintaining the Digital Integrated Air Defense System (DIADS) for the US Air Force.
• Ahmic Sensors Group

Products and services

• LENS 48-Inch Tunnel Hypersonic ground test facility capable of unique altitude versus velocity matching freestream conditions from Mach 6 to 9 and Mach number versus Reynolds number matching from Mach 6 to 18; in continuous operation since the 1950s.
• LENS I Hypersonic ground test facility completed in 1992 for full-scale testing and evaluation of atmospheric hypersonic interceptor systems; supports Mach 6 to 10 and Reynolds number matching from Mach 6 to 18.
• LENS II Hypersonic ground test facility completed in 1998 for testing larger flight articles at lower Mach numbers, supporting Mach 3 to 8 altitude vs. velocity matching and Mach 3 to 10 Reynolds number matching (down to Mach 2 in Ludwieg mode).
• LENS XX Hypervelocity expansion driven wind tunnel facility added in 2008, providing access to velocities from 10k to 30k ft/sec to evaluate high temperature Real Gas effects for reentry and extreme hypersonic flight.
• RIGORS/TEMPO/INTELLEX (RTI) Suite Mission planning and optimization suite developed under Office of Naval Research (ONR) funding that combines advanced operations research algorithms, machine learning, and complex event-processing for semi-autonomous Command and Control.
• ICED (Information Consumption Exploitation & Dissemination) Tool suite providing robust framework for integration and harmonization of multiple disparate data sources to a common core ontology, with customizable fusion/analytics and RDF triple/graph-based storage using cloud-based Rya.
• SITA (Situation Identification and Threat Assessment) Multi-function holistic information fusion capability combining raw measurement data, subject matter expertise, and contextual information into operational decision-quality information with predictive capabilities.
• Common Core Ontology (CCO) Ontology based on the ISO standard Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) providing structured knowledge representation for interoperability, integration, and data sharing across domains; released open-source under BSD license and adopted as the DoD and Intelligence Community baseline standard for formal ontology.
• DIADS (Digital Integrated Air Defense System) High-fidelity mission-level simulation of Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS), developed and maintained by CUBRC's subsidiary Avarint for the U.S. Air Force, modeling potential enemy radar and missile systems for military training simulations.
• Chemical Defense Test Facilities State-of-the-art chemical test facilities operated by Avarint, certified by the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), enabling live chemical warfare agent testing for detection, decontamination, and personal/collective protection systems.
• BSL-2 and BSL-3 Laboratory Facilities Biosafety Level 2 and 3 laboratory facilities permitted under the Federal Select Agent Program, supporting RDT&E in microbiology, virology, molecular biology, method development, biological detection, decontamination, and individual/collective protection; includes aerobiology with aerosol test chambers ranging from 1.3 m³ to 600 m³.
• Ahmic Aerospace Sensors and Instrumentation Aerospace measurement techniques and instrumentation for hypersonic ground and flight testing, developed by Ahmic Aerospace in Dayton, Ohio, and acquired by CUBRC in April 2024.

Quantifiable outcome

• LENS XX provides nation’s only hypervelocity expansion driven wind tunnel capability achieving 10k-30k ft/sec velocities for reentry and extreme hypersonic flight evaluation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• EpiVax, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 October 2024CUBRC collaborates with EpiVax, Inc. on FDA-funded research programs for immunogenicity risk assessment of generic peptide drugs. The partnership has produced multiple FDA contracts including a $2M award (October 2024) for developing control peptides for T-cell assay standardization supporting generic drug ANDA applications. EpiVax brings immunogenicity assessment expertise using EpiMatrix and JanusMatrix computational tools.
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)coreOthersFDA sponsors research through CUBRC for immunogenicity assessment of generic peptide drugs, including recent $2M contract for control peptide development. FDA scientists co-authored published research with CUBRC on teriparatide impurity immunogenicity risks.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)majorOthersNIH provides funding for medical countermeasure development programs through CUBRC, supporting the chemical and biological defense portfolio and public health applications.
• NIAIDmajorOthersNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases partners with CUBRC on infectious disease research and medical countermeasure development.
• BARDAmajorOthersBiomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority partners with CUBRC for advanced development of medical countermeasures against public health threats.
• U.S. Department of DefensecoreOthersDoD is the primary customer for CUBRC's hypersonics, chemical/biological defense, and information fusion programs. Recent $16M funding for LENS facility upgrades and ongoing support for T&E/S&T programs.
• Texas A&M UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTexas A&M served as co-Principal Investigator with CUBRC on the AFOSR-sponsored BOLT II hypersonic sounding rocket flight program, contributing to boundary layer transition research.
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)coreOthersAFOSR sponsors the BOLT II flight test program in which CUBRC participates, providing funding for hypersonic boundary layer transition research.
• NASA Wallops Flight FacilityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNASA Wallops served as launch provider for the BOLT II hypersonic sounding rocket, working with CUBRC on vehicle delivery and flight operations.
• Ahmic AerospacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAhmic Aerospace was acquired by CUBRC in April 2024 as its first acquisition. Based in Dayton, OH, Ahmic specializes in aerospace measurement techniques and instrumentation, expanding CUBRC's hypersonic testing capabilities. Operations and staff remain in Dayton as the Ahmic Sensors Group.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cubrcinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cubrc
• Facebookfacebook.com/cubrc-inc-300973180003381

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments2 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about CUBRC