No, not in terms of data production such as calibration, cleanup, classification, or feature extraction. ESRI has several strong business partners who do lidar data processing: QCoherent, Overwatch VLS, Prologic, and Merrick. The first three offer solutions integrated in the ArcGIS framework. Merrick has a standalone application.

While ESRI is not focused on lidar-based data production tools, ArcGIS is capable of utilizing lidar that has already been processed into a clean ‘deliverable’ state, which is what most GIS users are interested in. The terrain dataset and related tools enable efficient handling of lidar. They support the large point collections prevalent with this type of data and enable both TIN- and raster-based display, query, and analysis options.