Physical AI enables machines and smart sensors to perceive, understand, and perform actions in the physical world.

Physical AI

AI’s next frontier: out of the cloud, into reality

Physical AI is a branch of artificial intelligence that empowers machines and smart sensors to perceive, understand, and perform complex actions in the physical world, accelerating learning, reducing costs, and mitigating risks before deploying systems in high-stakes environments.

Through deep mission expertise and technical partnerships, Booz Allen engineers secure platform-agnostic Physical AI solutions.

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Around hairpin turns, in austere locations, and across the sky’s expanse, our understanding of the physical world prepares us for the challenges ahead. Staying ahead requires tools that enhance our understanding and analyze our environment in real time, helping us respond to challenges through data-informed decisions. At Booz Allen, we are stepping into the future, developing advancements in Physical AI and agent-based autonomy stacks that allow partners and customers to adapt to evolving challenges...intelligently and efficiently.

 

What can a race car teach us about operating in extremes? On a proving ground where every moment matters, where engines and engineers embrace the most extreme conditions, Booz Allen and Code19 Racing are bringing Physical AI solutions to the world of racing and beyond. We use advanced data collection and automated processing techniques to build reconstructions of 3D environments that are visually and physically accurate to the real world. In simulation, we integrate autonomy stacks with optimization models trained with reinforcement learning that exhibit superior track performance.

 

By incorporating tools like Omniverse, we can close the sim-to-real gap— ensuring these behaviors are seamlessly deployed to the real world. Finally, we deploy these models into physical vehicles where they are used in a real-world race. This Physical AI stack is backed by our partnership with NVIDIA, where we're leveraging the latest advancements in processing hardware and modeling software. At Booz Allen, we don't shy away from what's next. We recognize and rise to the challenge of applying advanced AI solutions to virtual and physical environments...addressing the challenges of today and winning the races of tomorrow. 

Unlock the Potential of Physical AI

Physical AI is a game-changing branch of AI focused on empowering machines and smart sensors to perceive, understand, and execute complex actions in the physical world. Booz Allen is at the forefront of this transformation by integrating cutting-edge AI, autonomy, and physics-based simulations to bring innovative simulations to real-world applications.

With Booz Allen as your partner, you’ll access a suite of advanced capabilities and strategic advantages, including:

  • Proven Expertise: Our extensive experience in AI and autonomous systems ensures high-quality, reliable solutions tailored to your needs.
  • Strategic Partnerships: Collaborations and co-engineering with industry leaders like NVIDIA, Unity, Ansys, and Shield AI enable us to deliver cutting-edge technology and integration support.
  • Innovative Solutions: We specialize in adapting AI models to real-world scenarios, ensuring practical, efficient, and cutting-edge solutions.

Our end-to-end platform covers:

  • 3D reconstruction
  • Digital twins
  • Model-based engineering
  • Synthetic data generation
  • AI automation
  • Test & evaluation
  • Certification & compliance
  • Sim-to-real deployment
  • Robotics & humanoids
  • Digital thread traceability

By training and testing AI in highly realistic digital environments, we can:

  • Explore your complex scenarios at machine speed
  • Develop creative, adaptive solutions—not just predictable ones
  • Transfer behaviors from simulation to the real world with greater confidence

This approach accelerates learning, reduces cost, and mitigates risk before systems are deployed in high-stakes environments.

Seamless Integration with Leading Technologies

Booz Allen’s Physical AI solutions are secure, versatile, and platform-agnostic. We integrate premier technologies from NVIDIA, Unity, Ansys, and Shield AI to offer:

  • High-Fidelity Modeling & Simulation: Generating high-quality synthetic data for robust AI model development.
  • Adaptive AI Models: Reliable and efficient deployment on fixed-compute edge devices.
  • Digital Proving Grounds: Comprehensive testing environments that mitigate risks and enhance the reliability of AI-enabled autonomous systems.

Empower Missions Where the Stakes Are High

As a core technology, Physical AI is enabling a new wave of autonomy and intelligence in sectors like manufacturing & logistics, transportation, defense, and healthcare. Specifically, this technology helps lower risk in scenarios like:

  • Real-time decision making that augments human performance
  • Physics-trained AI tools that improve readiness and efficiency in deployment
  • Accelerated solution delivery through virtual training and retraining
  • Safe exploration of dangerous or inaccessible scenarios
  • Enhanced human-machine teaming that reduces cognitive burden and improves decision quality

Discover the transformative potential of Booz Allen’s Physical AI capabilities

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