Defense Architecture Systems, Inc

Employee Size

11-50

Organization Type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Fulton, MD

Founded

2010

UEI

HQJCRUGL9MM3

CAGE

62NR0

Founded in 2010 by Micah Carlson after 14 years at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Defense Architecture Systems is a small, cleared Maryland company built to move promising research into equipment that works in the field. Its multidisciplinary team works with defense, intelligence, space and commercial customers from early concepts through production, using an in-house facility to keep development and manufacturing closely connected. DAS is particularly known for adapting sensing technology to demanding operational environments.

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