Griffiss Air Force base is a 3,500-acre military base that was realigned as an outcome of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations. HR&A coordinated the complex analysis of economic development, real estate, aviation, and land use issues. The firm prepared a financial feasibility analysis for a range of proposed industrial, commercial, and recreational uses. HR&A also prepared the Economic Development Conveyance application for this facility and assisted in the land transfer. The base is now being redeveloped in accordance with the plan developed by HR&A.

HR&A also led the successful effort to save Rome Laboratory, an Air Force lab which escaped closure at the time of Griffiss' realignment in 1993. HR&A coordinated the work of a team of lobbyists, science and technology experts, econometric modelers and marketing professionals to make the case in defense of Rome Lab to the Air Force and the Department of Defense, as well as Congressional and White House officials. Due to HR&A's efforts, the base was spared closure.