Avarint

What Avarint does

Avarint is a privately held, for-profit R&D and engineering services contractor founded in 2013 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CUBRC, Inc., a not-for-profit research organization with over 40 years of federal-customer history. The company is headquartered in Buffalo, NY with a secondary office in San Antonio, TX, and operates with 11-50 employees. Avarint's business is organized into two primary technical franchises: Chemical & Biological Sciences, which delivers independent third-party testing of chemical and biological defense products (including live chemical warfare agent testing in U.S. Army Materiel Command-certified surety facilities and BSL-2/BSL-3 biological laboratory work); and C4ISR Modeling & Simulation, which develops and maintains the Digital Integrated Air Defense System (DIADS), a Live, Virtual and Constructive integrated air defense simulation used by the U.S. Air Force for training, test and evaluation, and threat system analysis. Adjacent sectors cover hypersonics/aerosciences R&D, IT and security services, and test/training range integration.

The underlying technology base consists of certified physical test infrastructure (live-agent chambers, BSL-2/3 labs) on the Chem/Bio side, and a proprietary, continuously-evolved mission-level simulation platform on the C4ISR side. DIADS models enemy radar, missile systems, surveillance, command and control, weapons control, and fly-out behavior, and supports hardware-in-the-loop integration with external systems via standard protocols (DIS, ASTERIX, JREAP, TENA). Avarint's go-to-market is enterprise field sales directly to U.S. Government defense and security agencies (DoD, JPEO CBRND, DTRA, DHS, EPA) and to defense prime contractors, operating under NAICS codes 541714 and 541715 as a small business. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts (RDT&E and systems integration); pricing is contract-by-contract and not publicly disclosed. The competitive position rests on regulatory certifications, decades of institutional knowledge in chemical surety testing, and the sole-source-like incumbency on the DIADS maintenance contract — a structure that yields high customer concentration in U.S. federal defense spending.

Name

Avarint

Legal name

Avarint

Website

https://avarint.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Avarint is a small U.S. defense R&D services contractor and wholly-owned subsidiary of CUBRC, Inc., providing independent chemical and biological defense testing in certified surety facilities and operating the proprietary DIADS air defense simulation platform for U.S. Air Force and DoD customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Testing & Evaluation Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Defense R&D, Test, Evaluation & Innovation (BPAIAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) Systems (IMABAOAD), CBRN Detection, Protection & Decontamination Systems (IMABAOAO), Electronic Warfare (EW) & SIGINT/ELINT Systems (IMABAGAB)

Keywords

• Chemical defense testing
• Biological defense research
• C4ISR modeling simulation
• Military systems integration
• Government defense research

Headquarters

HQ city

Buffalo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Contract Services: Avarint provides research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E), and systems integration services directly to the U.S. Government and prime contractors. Services include chemical defense testing, biological testing, and C4ISR modeling and simulation support. Revenue is generated through government contracts for defense and security services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Avarint provides independent third-party research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E), and systems integration services to U.S. Government defense and security customers. Its core offerings fall into two areas: (1) Chemical & Biological Sciences, including live-agent chemical defense testing at U.S. Army Materiel Command-certified facilities and BSL-2/BSL-3 biological testing, and (2) C4ISR Modeling & Simulation, centered on the proprietary Air Force Digital Integrated Air Defense System (DIADS) for mission-level threat system simulation, training, and test support.

Product overview

Avarint offers a dual-core product portfolio consisting of Chemical & Biological Sciences testing services and C4ISR Modeling & Simulation systems. The Chemical & Biological Sciences division includes Chemical Defense Test Facilities (U.S. Army Materiel Command certified) providing live agent testing, and Biological Laboratory Facilities (BSL-2/BSL-3) through parent company CUBRC. The C4ISR division centers on the Digital IADS (DIADS) platform—a Live, Virtual and Constructive Integrated Air Defense System simulation—and Test & Training Facility Integration services. These offerings serve U.S. Government customers and defense contractors in chemical/biological defense research and electronic warfare evaluation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DIADS (Digital Integrated Air Defense System): Live, Virtual and Constructive end-to-end Integrated Air Defense System simulation for military training, test and evaluation, and research.

Products and services

• Chemical & Biological Sciences

Quantifiable outcome

• Continuous operation since 1983 demonstrates long-term reliability and experience
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• U.S. Department of DefensecoreOthersAvarint provides defense research, development, testing and evaluation services to the Department of Defense. The company supports various DoD test programs and has developed modeling and simulation capabilities (DIADS) used by the Air Force and other DoD components.
• Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO CBRND)coreOthersAvarint operates as a recognized industry leader serving the chemical and biological defense program and its industry performers, providing testing services that support solutions to combat CBRN threats.
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)coreOthersDTRA is a key partner agency for Avarint's chemical and biological defense testing services, supporting the development of defensive technologies against chemical and biological threat agents.
• U.S. Department of Homeland SecuritycoreOthersAvarint provides chemical and biological defense testing capabilities that support DHS mission requirements for protecting citizens and critical infrastructure from CBRN threats.
• U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyminorOthersEPA partnership involves environmental protection standards in chemical defense testing and certification processes.
• CUBRC, Inc.flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvarint is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CUBRC, Inc., a not-for-profit research and development company with more than 40 years of experience. Avarint leverages CUBRC's 40-year history of groundbreaking research, development, testing, and engineering services. Avarint performs biological testing within BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratory facilities through its parent company CUBRC.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SAIC: SAIC is a large defense and federal IT services prime providing systems engineering, M&S, CBRN, and electronic warfare support to DoD. Overlaps with Avarint's C4ISR and CBRN lines as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Parsons Corporation: Parsons is a large defense and infrastructure prime that operates a Federal Solutions business providing C4ISR, missile defense modeling and simulation, EW, and threat system representation — overlapping significantly with Avarint's DIADS-centric mission set, though at much greater scale.
• Leidos: Leidos is a top-five federal defense services prime delivering CBRN defense, modeling & simulation, electronic warfare, and C4ISR engineering to DoD and intelligence customers. It competes for the same Air Force and DoD program dollars as Avarint, though across a much broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• DCS Corporation: DCS provides defense engineering and technical services supporting C4ISR, EW, and airworthiness testing for Army and DoD customers. It is a comparable mid-sized defense engineering services firm with similar technical domain overlap in EW and IAMD.
• SURVICE Engineering Company: SURVICE provides defense T&E, survivability/vulnerability analysis, and weapons systems testing for DoD, closely matching Avarint's RDT&E positioning. Both are mid-sized firms focused on independent, technically rigorous test and evaluation for military customers.
• COLSA Corporation: COLSA provides defense engineering, IT, intelligence, and simulation services primarily to Air Force and DoD customers. Like Avarint, it is a mid-sized, technically focused firm supporting C4ISR, M&S, and weapons system T&E for the Air Force.
• Strategic Analysis, Inc. (SAI): SAI is an employee-owned defense engineering firm providing RDT&E, CBRN, EW, and intelligence community support to DoD and federal customers. Comparable mid-sized, technically focused T&E and engineering services peer.
• Applied Research Associates (ARA): ARA is an employee-owned R&D engineering firm delivering defense, CBRN, and simulation services to DoD and federal customers. Comparable in independent, science-driven RDT&E positioning, with similar breadth across CBRN, defense, and modeling & simulation.
• Noblis: Noblis is a not-for-profit science and technology organization providing defense, homeland security, and public-sector RDT&E services. Closely comparable to Avarint's CUBRC-affiliated structure and its independent, mission-focused federal services model.
• Battelle Memorial Institute: Battelle is a large not-for-profit R&D organization that, like Avarint, operates CBRN defense testing facilities, life sciences research labs, and independent third-party T&E services for DoD, DHS, and intelligence customers. Both serve as independent, non-profit-affiliated defense RDT&E providers with deep CBRN expertise.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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