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Trident Research LLC

"Great and Fast" in Military Training, Test, and Evaluation Solutions

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About the firm

Trident Research LLC is an Austin, Texas defense engineering contractor founded in 2001, specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, fielding, and logistics support of advanced military test and training instrumentation. Combining applied research with disciplined systems engineering, it creates and sustains unique instrumentation systems - including advanced real-time distributed sensor systems, unmanned surface vehicles, underwater acoustic communications networks, and satellite-based global command and control systems. Trident Research has passed the DIBCAC High Assurance CMMC CUI Assessment with a perfect SPRS score of 110 and received the James Cogswell Award from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.

Established
2001
Team
Small
Firm type
Defense Engineering

Credentials

CMMC DIBCAC High Assurance Assessment - perfect SPRS score of 110

People

Laura LeisFacility Security Manager

Capabilities

Military Test & Training Instrumentation

Design, development, manufacturing, fielding, and logistics support of advanced instrumentation systems for military test and training programs.

  • Advanced Real-Time Distributed Sensor Systems
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV)
  • Underwater Acoustic Communications Networks
  • Satellite-Based Global Command and Control Systems

Systems Engineering

Applied research combined with disciplined systems engineering across the full development lifecycle, from design and rapid prototyping through sustainment and process documentation for new and legacy defense systems.

Field Operations & Logistics Support

Deploys and sustains instrumentation systems in field and broad-ocean settings for defense test and training work.

Manufacturing & Precision Machining

In-house machining and manufacturing combining over 20 years of engineering specialty with state-of-the-art equipment to support defense instrumentation programs.

  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Model Based Definition
  • High and Low Production Volume
  • Product Customization
  • Reverse Engineering

Industries

Defense · Federal

Projects

Acoustic Scoring Solution

Defense

Project details

Acoustic scoring solution for U.S. and allied militaries for accurately scoring live fire weapons in broad ocean areas.

Unmanned Surface Vehicle Sensor Payload

Defense

Project details

Rapid prototyping of an unmanned surface vehicle with telemetry instrumentation to support a broad ocean area flight test, delivered in under 90 days.

Scorpion Impulsive Acoustic Source

Project details

Impulsive acoustic solution for the seismic industry supporting cross-hole tomography at distances 10x greater than conventional impulsive acoustic sources.