Institute for Defense Analyses | Company Profile - Revenue, Headcount, Tech Stack, Contacts

The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is a private, nonprofit corporation established in 1956. It operates three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) that provide objective scientific and technical analysis to support U.S. national security and defense policy. IDA was founded to assist the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group and has since expanded its focus to a wide range of defense and security-related research areas.

IDA manages the Systems and Analyses Center, the Science and Technology Policy Institute, and the Center for Communications and Computing. These centers deliver independent analysis on military technologies, cost and policy evaluations, operational strategies, and cryptologic research. Its primary customers include various U.S. government agencies, such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Security Agency. The organization aims to empower scientific and strategic minds to address critical national security challenges.