Company Description
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE: BAH) is the parent company of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., an advanced technology company that focuses on defense, civil, and national security priorities. The company is described as delivering outcomes with speed for America’s most critical missions by building technology solutions that use artificial intelligence (AI), cyber capabilities, and other advanced technologies to advance and protect the nation and its citizens.
Booz Allen’s business sits at the intersection of technology, consulting, and national security. According to multiple company disclosures, it builds technology solutions using AI, cybersecurity, warfare technology, engineering, and other advanced capabilities. These solutions support U.S. federal government agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations, as well as civil and commercial clients. The company also applies its expertise to areas such as electronic warfare, advanced wireless and 5G/NextG networks, and quantum information science and technology.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen reports that it employs tens of thousands of people globally and generates multi‑billion‑dollar annual revenue. The firm emphasizes a purpose of “Empower People to Change the World®,” reflecting its focus on enabling clients and their missions to succeed across defense, civil, and national security domains.
Core business focus and capabilities
Booz Allen characterizes itself as an advanced technology company that builds and delivers mission‑oriented solutions. Based on the company’s own descriptions and news releases, its work includes:
- Artificial intelligence and data science: Developing AI‑enabled technology solutions for government and commercial missions, including applications in cybersecurity, intelligence analysis, and other advanced technical domains.
- Cybersecurity: Applying decades of cyber defense tradecraft from work with U.S. government agencies to protect organizations from increasingly complex cyber threats. This includes the development of products such as Vellox Reverser™, an AI‑enabled cloud product that reverse‑engineers malware and produces defensive recommendations.
- Defense and national security technology: Supporting critical U.S. defense and intelligence missions, including warfare technology, electronic warfare, and intelligence analysis related to countering weapons of mass destruction.
- Advanced wireless and 5G/NextG: Engineering, deploying, and sustaining wireless networks, including 5G and related technologies, for U.S. defense customers.
- Quantum information science and technology (QIST): Investing in and co‑developing quantum hardware and software to address engineering challenges in quantum computing and to provide mission‑ready quantum solutions.
Across these areas, Booz Allen’s disclosures highlight the use of AI, cyber, and other advanced technologies to support both government and commercial clients, with a particular emphasis on U.S. national security and defense missions.
Key markets and clients
According to company news releases, Booz Allen serves U.S. national security, defense, and civil agencies, as well as commercial organizations. The firm’s work spans:
- Defense and intelligence: Projects for organizations such as the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, where Booz Allen provides intelligence analysis, advanced wireless capabilities, and other technical services.
- Civilian government services: Technology solutions for U.S. government missions beyond defense and intelligence, described broadly as “civil and national security priorities.”
- Commercial clients: Support for private‑sector organizations, including cybersecurity incident response and malware analysis, as well as collaborations with technology companies and startups.
- Technology ecosystem partners: Partnerships with venture‑backed companies and specialized technology firms, such as Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies and SEEQC in quantum computing.
The company’s own statements emphasize its role in bringing commercial technology into government missions, helping founders and startups adapt products for secure networks and highly regulated environments.
Examples of mission‑driven work
Recent company announcements illustrate how Booz Allen applies its capabilities in practice:
- Counter‑WMD intelligence analysis: Under the Weapons of Mass Destruction Analysis, Exploitation, and Data Science Support (WAEDS) task order, Booz Allen provides intelligence analysis and related technical support to DIA’s Defense Counterproliferation Office and DTRA. The company reports applying intelligence analysis, WMD expertise, data science, language‑enabled analysis, cybersecurity, physics, missile systems knowledge, and other advanced technologies to strengthen U.S. national security.
- 5G networks for U.S. Navy ships: Booz Allen has been awarded a production contract by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command to engineer, deploy, and sustain wireless networks for government‑operated ships. The company states that it will deploy solutions that use Low Earth Orbit satellites, advanced wireless and Wi‑Fi technologies, and 5G cellular communications to provide secure and reliable connectivity for civil service mariners.
- AI‑enabled malware analysis: Through Vellox Reverser, Booz Allen offers an AI‑enabled cloud product that uses a network of peer‑to‑peer nodes and AI agents to deconstruct complex malware binaries and generate defensive recommendations. The company notes that this product encodes cyber defense tradecraft developed over decades of work with U.S. government agencies.
- Quantum computing collaboration: Booz Allen has expanded its partnership with SEEQC to integrate Booz Allen’s quantum software into SEEQC’s software stack. The collaboration focuses on solving engineering challenges in quantum computing, such as error detection, energy efficiency, and scaling devices, and aims to build software and firmware that bridge classical and quantum components.
Partnerships and ecosystem engagement
Booz Allen’s disclosures highlight its engagement with a broader technology ecosystem. For example, the company has announced a collaboration with Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), under which Booz Allen serves as the first a16z Technology Acceleration Partner for Governments. In this role, Booz Allen works with a16z portfolio companies to build, accelerate, and deliver technologies for U.S. missions in national security, civilian services, and related areas.
The company states that this collaboration is intended to help growth‑stage companies go to market more quickly, prepare products for deployment into secure and highly regulated government environments, and co‑develop intellectual property for new commercial offerings. Booz Allen also notes that it works with partners on thought leadership, market shaping, and events that support the emerging technology ecosystem.
Corporate structure and governance
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is the publicly traded holding company for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. The holding company files reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the ticker BAH on the New York Stock Exchange. SEC filings show that the company holds annual meetings of stockholders, at which stockholders vote on director elections, the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm, advisory votes on executive compensation, and stockholder proposals.
Recent Form 8‑K filings also document events such as quarterly earnings announcements and changes in executive roles. For example, an 8‑K dated December 15, 2025 reports the planned resignation of the company’s Chief Financial Officer and notes that the Chief Operating Officer will assume those duties on an interim basis while a search for a new CFO is conducted.
Headquarters and geographic footprint
Booz Allen reports that its global headquarters is in McLean, Virginia. The company has also announced an agreement to relocate its global headquarters to Reston, Virginia, with plans to occupy a newly constructed facility in The Row at Reston Station. According to the company, this move is intended to provide flexible spaces that support its advanced technology capabilities and to upgrade the employee and customer experience while optimizing its facilities footprint.
In addition to its headquarters, Booz Allen indicates that it conducts work for government and defense clients at locations in Virginia and other U.S. and global sites, including work related to counter‑WMD missions and support for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command.
Stock information and investor communications
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BAH. The company regularly issues press releases and hosts conference calls to discuss financial results for its fiscal quarters. According to recent announcements, these calls are accompanied by earnings presentations made available through the company’s investor relations channels.
Form 8‑K filings associated with earnings releases describe the results of operations for specific fiscal quarters and note that related press releases and presentations are furnished as exhibits. These filings also clarify that such information is not deemed “filed” for purposes of certain sections of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 unless specifically incorporated by reference.
Role within the professional and technical services sector
Booz Allen is classified in the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector, with an industry description that includes administrative management and general management consulting services. Within this sector, the company’s own materials emphasize its orientation toward advanced technology, particularly AI, cybersecurity, digital modernization, quantum technologies, and advanced wireless networks, applied to defense, intelligence, civil government, and commercial missions.
Across its disclosures, Booz Allen consistently presents itself as focused on outcomes for critical missions, using advanced technologies and technical skillsets to address complex national security and civil challenges.