Three decades innovating beyond boundaries
Noblis is a nonprofit science and technology company. Every dollar we earn goes back into research, our people, and the federal missions we serve. That structural independence means our expertise is shaped by what works, not what sells. It’s why federal agencies have trusted us for more than 30 years. It’s why we’ve been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies 14 times.
Designed from the ground up for new ideas
We fund our own research. Thirty percent of our net service revenue goes to multi-year R&D, including work with no guaranteed contract attached. We find new methods, file new patents, and field new solutions because we decided they mattered before a customer asked.
We build our own infrastructure. Petabyte-scale private cloud, high-performance GPU clusters, five concurrent generative AI platforms, and a multi-site research network with augmented-reality capabilities that connects labs across the country.
We work across disciplines. A biosurveillance problem might be unlocked by a machine learning solution. A space security mission might pull from RF science, cyber, and systems engineering simultaneously. Our scientists don’t stay in lanes because the hardest federal problems don’t stay in lanes.
We move research to operations. Ideas start in our research labs and end up in fielded systems. That pipeline from lab to mission is what 30 years of sustained R&D actually produces.
The Noblis Family of Companies
Together with our subsidiaries, we work closely with our customers to accelerate essential missions in the defense, federal civil, homeland security, intelligence, and law enforcement sectors.
Noblis ESI brings high-quality systems engineering, advanced technology, program management and acquisition services to the federal government. As a prime contractor dedicated to enabling Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) mission success, Noblis ESI provides critical support and expert engineering and strategy services for advanced technology and intelligence systems development and acquisition.
Noblis MSD provides leading-edge network design, systems integration, sustainment and modernization solutions and operational readiness for the U.S. Navy. As a system developer, Noblis MSD brings advanced engineering, enterprise transformation and program management solutions that improve operations, maintenance and modernization of equipment and systems throughout their entire life cycle. We identify and deploy new, secure shipboard and information technology systems and develop strategies that support the warfighter and advance the overall mission.
Noblis FTS delivers mission engineering, intelligence analysis, systems integration, and operational support for the intelligence community, defense agencies, and national security space programs. With more than two decades of experience in mission operations and space engineering, Noblis FTS brings deep technical knowledge of the systems, tradecraft, and operational workflows that drive intelligence and space missions. We field and sustain the capabilities that keep pace with compressed mission timelines and converging threats across domains.
For the Best of Reasons
Noblis works for the public good, bringing together the best possible science, technology, and engineering expertise and solutions in an environment of independence and objectivity.
Our spark represents the ideas, discoveries, and innovations Noblis sets in motion for our customers and the mission they serve. The multidirectional design reflects the many paths of science, engineering, and discovery converging toward one solution.
The Noblis Experience
Innovation that Leads
With three decades of self-funded R&D under our belt, we’ve already tested and refined approaches in areas our customers are just beginning to explore. When a federal agency brings us a problem, the work is often already underway. We call that a head start.
Independent Thinking by Design
When we advise a customer, the only thing behind that advice is the evidence. As a nonprofit, that independence is written into our corporate structure, and it shapes every engagement we take on.
Ethics in Our DNA
We’ve been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® 14 times. That recognition reflects the way the organization is built. Revenue goes back into research and people, which keeps the incentives aligned with the mission.
A Place to Build a Career
We built one of the highest retention rates in the industry and recognition as a “Top Workplace” with a people-focused culture and an emphasis on meaningful work. That means engaged teams who know the mission, not just the contract.
Noblis by the Numbers
A national team of 2,575+ employees dedicated to advancing our nation’s priorities
Locations + sites across the U.S.
Prime programs
Cleared employees
Employees with advanced degrees
Three Decades of Service
Noblis grew out of the belief that great ideas and collaboration driven by science and technology can solve the biggest challenges facing our government, our nation and the world.
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