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Research that survives contact with the mission

Expedition Technology builds AI and machine learning systems for defense and intelligence missions — and then gets them fielded. We exist because the distance between a promising result and a deployed capability is where most national security technology quietly dies.

Why we exist

The gap is not a technology problem

It is an engineering, integration, and delivery problem, and it is rarely anyone's job.

Program offices do not lack promising research. They lack research that has been carried through hardening, integration, accreditation, and sustainment by the same people who understood the algorithm in the first place. Work is handed from a lab to an integrator to a program of record, and the understanding leaks out at every seam.

Expedition Technology was built to hold that whole path. The engineers who prove a technique are the engineers who fit it onto constrained hardware and deploy it.

That is what Built to Deploy means. It is a description of how the company is organized, not a slogan about ambition.

Two engineers reviewing work together on a laptop in EXP's Herndon office.

Communities we impact

Who we work with

  • Department of Defense

    Our work with advanced sensor processing systems and cutting-edge AI/ML capabilities helps DoD users improve situational awareness and swiftly react in dynamic environments.

  • Intelligence Community

    EXP applies AI/ML to enable IC users and systems to rapidly process data and assess threats to national security.

  • Commercial Industry

    EXP partners with companies to develop advanced commercial products and services in use by the Defense and Intelligence sector.

About us

Our Teams Define Us

Expedition Technology is team-centric. Our teams empower us to explore novel technology and deliver solutions with national impact.

As teams, we design, develop, and deliver innovative, advanced signal, image, and multi-INT solutions for the defense and intelligence communities and leverage advanced algorithms, platforms, and technologies to solve our customers' most complex, demanding, and urgent C4ISR challenges.

The beliefs we embrace

Our Value System

  • Collaboration

    We solve complex problems with engaged, open-minded, diverse teams working together towards common goals.

  • Flexibility

    We adapt to risk and uncertainty by encouraging creativity and opposing viewpoints.

  • Autonomy

    We seize initiative and welcome responsibility to create a resilient and innovative culture.

  • Support

    We trust, encourage, and invest in one another to realize our potential.

  • Learning

    We grow through intellectual curiosity, relentlessly exploring frontiers, and embracing lessons from failures.

Where we stand

What we work on, and who we work for

What we work on

  • RF and spectrum
  • Signal detection and characterization
  • Computer vision
  • Multi-sensor fusion
  • Deep learning
  • Detection and tracking
  • Edge and embedded inference
  • Training data curation

Fielded for

  • U.S. Navy
  • U.S. Army
  • Intelligence community
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Founded in 2013. Backed by Razor's Edge and Enlightenment Capital.

Join the expedition

There's room for more on the expedition

We are hiring engineers who want to see their research reach an operator. And if you run a program that needs to close this gap, we should talk.