Half of Metron's employment costs are invested in research and development. Development effort concentrates on innovation to meet market needs. The UNIX, Linux, VMS and Windows versions of Athene were the first analytical modeling software products available world-wide for those environments. Another first was modeling support for multi-tier client-server networks with heterogeneous operating systems has been developed.

Commitment to innovation will be maintained. Research and development work continues to extend the range of software.

At the heart of Athene Planner is a series of sophisticated modeling algorithms. To ensure that this element of the software continues to meet market needs, Metron has funded research at a number of leading UK universities, including: