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Research Innovations Inc. (RII) Awarded Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ Contract
Jan 1, 2026
Research Innovations Inc. (RII) is pleased to announce it was awarded a contract for the Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $151B. This contract encompasses a broad range of work areas that allows for the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility.

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) Awarded Contract Extension by Department of Justice for (DOJ) Money Laundering, Narcotics, and Forfeiture Section (MNF) Program
Nov 1, 2025
The DOJ awarded RII a five-year contract extension on the Money Laundering, Narcotics, and Forfeiture Section (MNF) program. In 2019, RII began working on a custom-built solution for MNF, Search and Investigative Flexible Toolkit (SIFT), which empowers investigators to ingest documents and diverse data sources, resolve complex data-quality issues, and identify investigative insights to support high-impact financial crime cases.

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) Awarded Phase II Prototype Contract for the U.S. Army’s Unified Network Operations (UNO) Tactical NetOps (TNO) Program
Oct 8, 2025
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) today announced its selection as the sole awardee for Phase II of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications and Networks (PEO C3N) Unified Network Operations (UNO) Tactical NetOps (TNO) prototype...
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Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) Wins U.S. Army’s xTechPacific Competition with Dragonfly, Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence Technology
Sep 1, 2025
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is a winner of the U.S. Army's xTechPacific competition with its Dragonfly technology—a low-profile, electronic warfare and signals intelligence edge compute tool in an exceptionally small form factor...

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) and Second Front Systems (2F) Partner to Accelerate Mission-Critical Software Deployment and Enhance Multinational Interoperability
Aug 1, 2025
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) today announced its partnership with Second Front Systems (2F) to meet accreditation and deployment needs for RII’s PRIISM™ software on both United States Government (USG) and allied networks...

Research Innovations, Inc.'s CEO Jack Harrington Joins Ranks of GMU’s Academy of Engineering and Computing Excellence Charter Class
Apr 7, 2025
Research Innovations, Inc. CEO Jack Harrington inducted into the Charter Class of the Academy of Engineering and Computing Excellence at George Mason University...

Research Innovations, Inc. Named as a Supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s G-Cloud 14 Framework
Jan 1, 2025
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is proud to announce that it has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) G-Cloud 14 (RM1557) framework, under Lots 2 (Cloud Software) and 3 (Cloud Support)...

Research Innovations, Inc.’s Dragonfly™ Enhances Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum Visualization
Dec 1, 2024
RII is revolutionizing accelerated spectrum processing with its Dragonfly system, the first-ever ruggedized, ultra-low SWaP, GPU-accelerated RF search and survey system for signal analysis and processing...

Research Innovations, Inc. Earns Sixth Great Place to Work Certification™
Oct 1, 2024
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for the sixth consecutive year. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture and employee experience, and certification is earned using employee feedback...

RII Achieves Awardable Designation within the Department of Defense CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace
Aug 21, 2024
The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is the premier offering of Tradewinds, the DoD’s suite of tools and services designed to accelerate the procurement and adoption of AI/ML, data, and analytics capabilities...

Fortune Media and Great Place To Work Name Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) to 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials List
Jul 18, 2024
"We are thrilled to receive this recognition and shine a light on the amazing people who make RII an exceptional place to work," said Jack Harrington, CEO of RII...

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) Ranks on Inc. Magazine's List of the Mid-Atlantic Region's Fastest-Growing Private Companies for Second Consecutive Year
Mar 11, 2024
For the second consecutive year, Inc. magazine revealed that Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the Mid-Atlantic region...

Research Innovations, Inc. Launches PRIISM™ Decision Advantage Platform for National Security Missions
Oct 9, 2023
RII today launched the PRIISM Decision Advantage Platform to empower globally distributed defense organizations and coalitions with faster access to the data and workflow interoperability needed to make mission-critical decisions and outmaneuver threats at the speed of relevance...

Research Innovations, Inc. Ranks on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Mid-Atlantic Region’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Mar 27, 2023
Inc. magazine revealed that Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. RII is No. 101 on the annual Inc. 5000 Regionals: Mid-Atlantic list...

Research Innovations, Inc. Earns Fourth Great Place to Work Certification™
Jan 5, 2023
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) today announced it is Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for the fourth consecutive year. 96% of employees said RII is a great place to work, which is 39% higher than average for a U.S. company...

RII Named 2022 North American Winner for Best Tech Work Culture by Tech in Motion
Nov 22, 2022
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) has been named the 2022 North American Winner for Best Tech Work Culture in the eighth annual Timmy Awards presented by Tech in Motion, celebrating the best in tech workplaces across North America...

RII Awarded Contract by the United Kingdom's MoD to Support Experimentation with Multi-Domain Mission Management Capability
Apr 28, 2022
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII), a provider of critical national security technology solutions, today announced the award of a contract by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence...

Research Innovations, Inc. Earns Third Great Place to Work Certification™
Dec 16, 2021
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) today announced it is Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for the third year in a row. This year, 97% of employees said RII is a great place to work, which is 38% higher than average for a U.S. company. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture...

Research Innovations, Inc. Expands to San Antonio, Texas with Opening of New Office
Oct 12, 2021
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII), a provider of critical national security technology solutions, recently expanded its operations to customers in Texas with the opening of a new office in San Antonio. RII has additional offices in Alexandria, Virginia and Melbourne, Florida...

RII Awarded $950M Ceiling IDIQ Contract by the U.S. Air Force to Support Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS)
Jul 23, 2021
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII), a national security technology solutions company, announced it has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of...

RII is Great Place to Work-Certified, Again!
Dec 11, 2020
Research Innovations, Inc. announced today that it is Great Place to Work-Certified™ for the second consecutive year. Certification is a significant achievement. Using validated employee feedback gathered with Great Place to Work's rigorous, data-driven For All methodology, Certification confirmed that 97% of respondents have a consistently positive experience at RII. Great Place to Work is...

Research Innovations Inc. (RII) Ranked Among North America's Fastest-Growing Companies on Deloitte's 2020 Technology Fast 500™
Nov 19, 2020
RII today announced it ranked 446th on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America now in its 26th year...

RII Wins Call Order to Deliver Advanced Data Analytics to the Department of Justice's Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS)
May 28, 2020
The Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) team will deploy its flexible data analytics framework SIFTTM to support the Criminal Division's urgent and complex investigative needs, replacing Palantir as the incumbent solution provider...

RII Announces Contract to Provide Software Prototypes to the Canadian Joint Warfare Centre
Apr 20, 2020
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) announced its award of a 4-year contract to support the Canadian Joint Warfare Centre via the U.S. Army Geospatial Center's (AGC) GRIDS III Multi-Award Task Order Contract. RII will provide software prototypes...

RII Announces $21M Cyber SU Prototype Agreement with U.S. Army
Apr 13, 2020
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII), a technology innovator with a focus on multi-domain C2 systems, big data analytics, and advanced cyber engineering, announced its award of a $21M prototype agreement to meet the Army's need for Cyber Situational Understanding (SU)...

RII Recognized by the Financial Times as One of The Americas' Fastest Growing Companies
Apr 9, 2020
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) has been recognized as a member of The Financial Times inaugural list of The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. This prestigious award is presented by The Financial Times and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry...

RII Announces $48M GRIDS III Contract
Jan 14, 2020
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII), a national security technology solutions company, announces award of a Multiple-Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) by the U.S. Department of Defense.The contract supports the Army's Geospatial Research, Integration, Development and Support (GRIDS) III Small Business Set-Aside (SBSA) Program...

RII is Great Place to Work-Certified
Dec 6, 2019
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) announced today that it is Great Place to Work-Certified™. Certification is a significant achievement. Using validated employee feedback gathered with Great Place to Work's rigorous, data-driven For All methodology, Certification confirmed that 96% of respondents have a consistently positive experience at RII. Great Place to Work is...

RII Wins $40M Contract to Support the Information Environment
Nov 25, 2019
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is pleased to announce the award of a $40M follow-on contract to provide critical capabilities in support of the information environment. The contract delivers impactful solutions leveraging RII's domain-agnostic Task Coordination and Collaborative Mission Manager frameworks for enterprise…

RII Ranks on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 for the Second Consecutive Year
Nov 7, 2019
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) today announced it ranked number 416 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America now in its 25th year. RII grew 220% over a three-year period…

RII is Represented at Nasdaq's Closing Bell Ceremony
Jan 1, 2019
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is proud to be recognized twice by Deloitte as a Technology Fast 500 company. Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Rich Briggs, and CEO, Jack Harrington, joined the closing bell ceremony at Nasdaq to represent RII.

RII Ranked 309th Fastest-Growing Tech Company in Deloitte's Fast 500
Nov 15, 2018
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) today announced it ranked 309 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. Research Innovations, Inc. grew 263% percent during this period...

RII Opens New Headquarters Office in Alexandria, VA
Jan 1, 2016
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) has opened a new headquarters in Alexandria, VA—a metro-accessible LEED-certified office space complete with espresso machines, test labs, 3D printers, restaurant booths, a gaming lounge, standing desks, and a fully-stocked kitchen.

RII Wins First International Contract Supporting CJWC
Jan 1, 2011
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) has received its first international contract, supporting the Canadian Forces Joint Warfare Center (CJWC) and providing subject matter expertise in areas such as Joint Doctrine Development and Command & Control.

RII Receives First Contract with DARPA to Support TransApps
Jan 1, 2010
Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) has received its first contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the Transformative Applications (TransApps) program, working directly with end users and rapidly fielding operational capabilities.









