SCRA - Applied Research and Commercialization Services

SCRA Applied R&D

Rick Self

With a sharp focus on the future, SCRA's Applied R&D sector is rapidly growing to meet the ever-increasing demands of clients and partners while sustaining a tradition of delivering exceptional customer service. We continue to be a leader in innovative R&D collaborations, and our teams solve significant national challenges and bring high returns on investment. Some highlights include:

Advanced technologies and improved capabilities that protect our servicemen and women and reduce the costs of the weapons systems they operate;
Composites applications that will save over $100 million in acquisition costs for the U.S. Navy's VIRGINIA Class submarine;
Innovative research that will reduce hospital-acquired infections that take 90,000 lives and cost the U.S. $5 billion each year;
Development and application of advanced materials and sensors that make prosthetics lighter, more comfortable and more durable;
The delivery of breakthrough improvements in manufacturing capabilities, helping create a strong domestic economy in the global marketplace.

Rick Self
President, SCRA Applied R&D

SCRA Applied R&D is a leader in applied research and commercialization services with 28 years of experience building multi-organizational teams and delivering innovative technologies. Currently SCRA Applied R&D manages over 100 national and international programs worth over $1.5 billion in applied R&D contract value. SCRA Applied R&D's results-based management approach assures delivery of technology solutions to complex client challenges.

SCRA Applied R&D develops and delivers technology-based solutions to mission-oriented clients who include: the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and various government and corporate clients. F-16 fighter plane

What do we do?

SCRA Applied R&D develops Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions for Mantech programs and Industry.

Lead applied research across a diverse range of industries.

Create custom collaborations with leaders from industry, government and academia.

Develop and deploy technology solutions with broad-industry involvement and impact.

Provide commercialization services for rapid, industry-wide technology implementation.

Execute objective leadership in an environment of trust where competitors collaborate for mutual benefit.

SCRA Applied R&D applies deep domain expertise in a variety of focus areas:

Maritime Technologies
Metals and Advanced Materials
Alternative & Clean Energy
Intermodal Security
Innovative Prototypes
Manufacturing Modeling & Systems
Interoperability Standards and Methods

SCRA Applied R&D manages...

The business operations of a national consortium executing a $700 million Department of Defense munitions technology development program.
Two Navy ManTech Centers of Excellence - one in shipbuilding and one in composites.
An international product data standards collaboration with 30 member organizations from 6 countries.
A multi-site clinical trial concluding that the use of antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care hospital rooms reduced bacteria by 97%, resulting in a 41% reduction in hospital acquired infections.
Advanced metals research including casting and forging manufacturing efficiencies and vanadium applications.

For a list of SCRA-led programs, please click here.