Usariem

Name

Usariem

Legal name

U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Website

https://usariem.health.mil

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Military Defense Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Military Operations & Force Readiness (BPAIAHAA)

Keywords

• Military nutrition research
• Environmental medicine
• Warfighter performance
• Heat strain assessment
• Military decision aids

Headquarters

HQ city

Natick, Massachusetts

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Research Funding: As a U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC) laboratory, USARIEM is funded through congressional appropriations and defense budgets to conduct research enhancing Warfighter health, performance, and lethality.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

USARIEM is a U.S. Army research institute that conducts environmental medicine research to optimize Warfighter health, performance, and lethality. It operates four research divisions—Military Nutrition, Military Performance, Thermal and Mountain Medicine, and Data and Decision Sciences—that develop decision-support tools, physiological models, and operational guidance for military personnel operating in extreme and combat environments. Research outputs are provided to military personnel and partner organizations at no cost.

Product overview

USARIEM is a U.S. Army research institute that operates as a collection of specialized research divisions focused on warfighter health, performance, and lethality. The organization consists of four core research divisions: Military Nutrition (MND), Military Performance (MPD), Thermal and Mountain Medicine (TMMD), and Data Sciences (SPHERE). USARIEM provides key decision-support products including the Heat Strain Decision Aid (HSDA) for predicting heat-related injury risks, Core Body Temperature Estimation algorithms, and the SCENARIO model for environmental assessment. These products work together to enable commanders to assess operational risks in various environmental conditions, from extreme heat and cold to high altitude operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Military Nutrition Division (MND): Research division focused on developing rations, menus, food policies and programs for Warfighter health and performance.
• Military Performance Division (MPD)
• Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division (TMMD)
• Data Sciences Division (SPHERE)

Products and services

• Heat Strain Decision Aid (HSDA) Decision aid developed by the Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division to advise commanders on work/rest schedules based on environmental conditions, helping prevent heat injuries in military personnel operating in hot environments.
• Core Body Temperature Estimation Research output from the Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division providing physiological modeling for assessing soldier thermal strain in operational environments.
• SCENARIO Model Operational decision model developed by the Data and Decision Sciences Program (SPHERE) used to estimate casualty rates, disease, and non-battle injuries across military operations.
• Military Nutrition Research (MND) Research division service line investigating nutritional strategies that sustain Warfighter health, performance, and recovery under operational stress.
• Military Performance Research (MPD) Research division service line focused on musculoskeletal injury prevention and performance optimization for Warfighters.
• Thermal and Mountain Medicine Research (TMMD) Research division service line addressing Warfighter survival and performance in extreme heat, cold, and high-altitude operational environments.
• Data and Decision Sciences Program (SPHERE) Research division service line providing statistical analysis, modeling, and decision-support tools that translate USARIEM research outputs into actionable operational guidance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Decision aids enable commanders to receive answers to operational readiness questions in real-time rather than weeks

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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.

• MRDC Family LaboratoriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with other Medical Research and Development Command laboratories including USAARL, USAISR, USAMRICD, USAMRIID, and WRAIR for integrated military medical research.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC): The Navy's flagship medical research command, conducting operational medicine research across multiple domains. NMRC parallels USARIEM in mission scope (Warfighter health, environmental and operational medicine) but across Navy/Marine Corps populations.
• DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency): A DoD agency funding high-risk, high-reward defense research, including biological and human-performance programs. Comparable to USARIEM as a defense R&D organization, though DARPA funds extramural research rather than operating its own labs.
• Defense Health Agency (DHA) Research & Engineering Directorate: A DoD-wide organization overseeing military health research investment and policy. DHA is comparable to USARIEM as a defense health-research stakeholder that shapes funding priorities across the military medical research enterprise.
• Air Force Research Laboratory (711th Human Performance Wing): The Air Force's premier human-performance research wing, focused on aviation, space, and operational human performance. It is comparable to USARIEM as a service-level environmental and performance research organization, with a broader aerospace portfolio.

Direct peers

• U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL): A fellow MRDC lab focused on aeromedical and environmental physiology for Army aviation and ground forces. USAARL's overlap with USARIEM in environmental physiology, injury prevention, and performance optimization makes it a direct peer.
• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD): An MRDC laboratory dedicated to chemical casualty care research, including physiological response to chemical threats. Directly comparable as an MRDC sister lab with overlapping human-physiology research under the same command structure.
• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID): An MRDC laboratory focused on infectious disease threats to the military. While narrower in scope than USARIEM, it shares the MRDC parent, research-institute status, and operational-medicine mission orientation.
• U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR): An MRDC laboratory focused on combat casualty care and trauma research. While more clinically oriented than USARIEM, it shares the same MRDC parent, mission focus on Warfighter health, and collaborative research environment.
• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR): A sister MRDC laboratory conducting biomedical research to protect and enhance Warfighter health. WRAIR and USARIEM share the same parent command and collaborate on integrated military medical research, making it the most structurally comparable peer.

Regional players

• DEVCOM Soldier Center (U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command): Located alongside USARIEM at the Natick Soldier Systems Center, the DEVCOM Soldier Center develops soldier equipment, rations, and clothing. It is comparable as a co-located Army research organization with overlapping interests in nutrition, equipment, and Warfighter performance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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