for government research and development facilities, such as the defense advanced research projects agency, the homeland security advanced research projects agency, and the office of naval research. The Systems and Analysis division leverages research results and prototype systems developed in the federal division and transit them into operational navy systems. The Operations Analysis and Simulation Sciences Group division builds military simulation systems that provide treatments of information collection, information dissemination, situation assessment, and dynamic resource allocation of systems and processes. It serves its clients in the greater Washington, D.C. area; and San Diego, California.

The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Metron, Inc. has locations in California.