What Allegheny Science & Technology does

Allegheny Science & Technology (AST) is a privately held, woman-owned small business founded in 2009 and headquartered in Bridgeport, West Virginia, with 251-500 employees and additional offices across Tysons and Northern Virginia, Washington DC, Germantown (MD), Idaho Falls, Albuquerque, and Morgantown. The firm provides applied science and technology, mission assurance, enterprise IT, and business transformation services to federal civilian, national security, and defense/intelligence clients — most prominently the U.S. Department of Energy (EERE, NE, NNSA, Grid Deployment Office, national laboratories), NASA (IV&V), DIA, DISA, the Army, Marine Corps, FBI, DEA, and CMS. Core service lines are Emerging Technologies (research, applied R&D, technology evaluation, tech transfer, financial advisory), Enterprise IT (cloud, managed services, cyber resilience under EO 14028, infrastructure modernization), and Business Transformation / Data & Decision Analytics (enterprise platforms, process transformation, secure data intake and management). AST also operates PICS:NE, a proprietary web-based program management tool for DOE Nuclear Energy that has been in continuous use for 20 years.

AST's go-to-market is exclusively federal procurement: the company competes for and holds positions on a broad stack of government contract vehicles including GSA MAS, OASIS+ (WOSB/SB/UR tracks), Navy Seaport NXG, DOE/NNSA TEPS3, FBI ITSSS-2 BPA, and the CHIPS R&D SETA BPA, and is then awarded task orders on those vehicles by individual agencies. Revenue is generated through prime contracts and BPAs under federal acquisition regulations, with no commercial SaaS or product pricing model. Differentiators cited by the company include CMMI-DEV Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, and CMMC Level 2 certifications, five consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 and Washington Technology FAST 50 lists, a Carnegie Mellon University CyLab partnership, and a Centers of Excellence operating model. AST has grown organically with no disclosed outside investment and is led by founder-CEO Arria Hines, with Bill Hunt appointed President in 2025 and Jamie Rose as CTO.

Name

Allegheny Science & Technology

Legal name

Allegheny Science & Technology Corporation

Website

https://alleghenyst.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Allegheny Science & Technology is a privately held, woman-owned federal contractor founded in 2009, providing applied science, mission assurance, enterprise IT, and business transformation services to U.S. federal civilian, national security, and defense agencies — most prominently the Department of Energy, NASA, DoD, and FBI — through positions on multiple government-wide contract vehicles and BPAs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bridgeport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Contracting Services: AST generates revenue through prime government-wide and agency-specific contracts including IDIQs, BPAs, and task orders. Services span professional services, engineering, IT, and technical consulting delivered to federal agencies under pre-negotiated terms and rates.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Allegheny Science & Technology is a woman-owned federal government contractor delivering professional, technical, engineering, and programmatic services to U.S. federal agencies in the energy, environment, national security, and defense/intelligence sectors. AST provides capabilities across three core service areas — Emerging Technologies, Enterprise IT, and Business Transformation — underpinned by applied science and technology expertise, mission assurance, data and decision analytics, and the proprietary PICS:NE program management system.

Product overview

AST is a technology and energy solutions firm offering a portfolio of professional services organized around three core capability areas: Emerging Technologies, Enterprise IT, and Business Transformation. The Emerging Technologies service provides research, applied R&D, technology evaluation, financial advisory, and tech transfer support. Enterprise IT delivers cloud infrastructure, managed services, cloud migration, and cyber resilience solutions. Business Transformation encompasses enterprise platforms, process transformation, data transformation, and program implementation for government agencies. All services are underpinned by Applied Science & Technology expertise spanning energy, environment, national security, and defense sectors. AST also maintains and operates PICS:NE, a web-based program management system for the Department of Energy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emerging Technologies Provides research, applied R&D, technology evaluation and assessments, financial advisory, technology transfer and commercialization, and technology protection services to help federal clients navigate innovation challenges across energy, environment, and national security domains.
• Enterprise IT Streamlined IT solutions for federal agencies including cloud infrastructure, managed services, cloud migration, cyber resilience, and IT service management.
• Business Transformation Government agency operational enhancement through enterprise platforms, product and service innovation, process transformation, data transformation, and program implementation services.
• Applied Science & Technology Subject matter expertise in energy, environment, and emerging advanced technology; science, engineering, and technical assistance (SETA); systems engineering; research and development; prototyping and piloting; and techno-economic analysis for federal agencies.
• Data & Decision Analytics Advanced analytics capabilities to empower informed decision-making and strategic planning for government agencies, including secure data intake and management.
• PICS:NE (Program Information Collection System: Nuclear Energy) Web-based tool essential for DOE Nuclear Energy management to track program information related to scope, schedule, and budget. Now celebrating 20 years of innovation.

Quantifiable outcome

• High client impact demonstrated by excellent CPARS performance ratings and client reviews
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Carnegie Mellon University CyLabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier university partnership with CMU CyLab for accessing emerging technology and approaches. Positions AST to bring emerging technologies and solutions to benefit client missions and expand service offerings.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ICF International: ICF is a publicly traded consulting and digital services firm with a similarly deep federal civilian energy, environment, and climate portfolio (DOE, EPA, state energy offices). Its mix of advisory, analytics, and IT modernization for federal energy clients makes it the closest comparable in business model and customer set.
• Camris International: Camris is a mid-sized federal research, analytics, and program management contractor serving NIH, DOD, USAID, and other agencies. Its size profile, mission-support focus, and federal research-adjacent services are closely comparable to AST's applied science and technology offerings.
• Noblis: Noblis is a nonprofit science and technology organization providing federal clients with applied science, data analytics, and mission IT across civilian and national security agencies. Its portfolio of FFRDC-style work for DOE, DOT, and the intelligence community is structurally similar to AST's Centers of Excellence model.
• Abt Associates: Abt Global delivers research, evaluation, and consulting services to U.S. federal agencies across health, environment, and energy, with significant DOE and HHS presence. Its focus on program evaluation, applied research, and analytics mirrors AST's applied science and decision analytics offerings.
• LMI: LMI is a nonprofit consulting firm focused on federal defense, intelligence, and civilian agency logistics, analytics, and digital modernization. Its mid-size, mission-oriented service profile and customer overlap (DoD, intelligence community, federal civilian) align closely with AST's defense/intelligence and business transformation work.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a publicly traded consulting and engineering firm with a substantial federal water, energy, and environment practice serving EPA, DOE, and international development agencies. Its energy and environment consulting practice is highly comparable to AST's DOE EERE and NYSERDA support.

Broad incumbents

• Battelle Memorial Institute: Battelle is a large nonprofit applied science organization managing DOE national laboratories and providing federal R&D, cybersecurity, and mission analytics. Its national lab and DOE program management work is directly comparable to AST's DOE programmatic support, but at significantly larger scale.
• Leidos: Leidos is a top-five federal IT, engineering, and scientific services contractor with deep DOE, DOD, and intelligence community presence. It competes with AST on many of the same vehicles (OASIS+, Seaport NXG, TEPS3) but operates at much greater scale across a broader portfolio.
• SAIC: SAIC is a large federal scientific, IT, and engineering services provider with significant DOE and DOD work. It competes with AST on Seaport NXG and DOE-adjacent vehicles but with broader capabilities and substantially larger scale.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a major federal management and technology consulting firm with strong cyber, AI, and energy practices serving civilian, defense, and intelligence clients. Its federal civilian and national security consulting model overlaps with AST's emerging technologies, cyber, and business transformation offerings, though at vastly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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