archTIS secures additional U.S. DoD contract for NC Protect (DoD365) - Servicing the Department of Defence
- Noel Ong
- Nov 6
- 5 min read
Announcement
archTIS Limited (ASX: AR9) has announced a second U.S. Department of Defense–related contract, this time to deliver customised development work on its NC Protect product for the Microsoft DoD365 environment via federal contractor Copper River Technologies. While modest in dollar terms, management frames this engagement as a bridge that advances enterprise-grade rollout and positions the company for a larger licensing outcome already flagged earlier in the year.
Highlights - DoD Narrative
Second U.S. DoD-related engagement: archTIS to provide services to Copper River Technologies on behalf of the U.S. DoD.
Scope: Build new NC Protect features requested by the DoD for deeper integration with Microsoft DoD365 and existing Defense classification tools in a highly classified environment.
Value & timeline: A$250,000 services contract with work to be completed by 16 January 2026; standard termination for cause or convenience applies.
Strategic role: Serves as an operational bridge between initial license issuance and a broader enterprise award, enabling continuous collaboration and product enhancement.
Scale potential: Positions archTIS for multi-phase adoption, anticipated to grow from thousands to potentially hundreds of thousands of users over time.
Link to prior milestone: Management references the 16 June 2025 ASX announcement about progressing a large licensing deal with the U.S. DoD.
Company Snapshot
archTIS provides data-centric security for the secure collaboration of sensitive information across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments, featuring policy-enforced zero trust and attribute-based access controls (ABAC). The product suite includes Trusted Data Integration, Kojensi, NC Protect, and Spirion.
archTIS Managing Director & CEO, Mr Daniel Lai, commented:
“Securing this contract to support new features and deployment services into the U.S. Department of Defense demonstrates clear customer validation and investment into NC Protect and its readiness in mission-critical environments. This added milestone provides confidence as we accelerate our U.S. expansion off the back of the Spirion acquisition and reinforces archTIS’ ability to scale and deliver differentiated high-value data-centric security products and solutions. The US DOD has access to every technology in the world, and they are investing in archTIS, that’s a good sign.”
What the contract actually does
This engagement funds feature development and deeper integrations that the DoD has specifically requested to support enterprise rollout in the DoD365 stack. In practical terms, it keeps the vendor–agency engineering loop active, aligns NC Protect with mission-specific requirements, and reduces technical risk ahead of a larger, multi-phase licensing push.
The Business Model
Validation in a hard market: The DoD is a rigorous buyer; continued engagement signals fit for purpose in classified settings—credibility that can translate to other defence and regulated markets.
Commercial pathway: Although A$250k is not needle-moving on revenue alone, it is a strategic step designed to de-risk and accelerate the path to a broader enterprise license flagged in June.
Product flywheel: Funded feature work typically becomes reusable IP, strengthening NC Protect’s value proposition beyond a single program.
Key dates & terms
Contract value: A$250,000 (services).
Delivery deadline: 16 January 2026.
Termination: Either party may terminate for cause or convenience with written notice.
Channel: Procured and managed via Copper River Technologies (U.S. federal contract holder and archTIS reseller).
Samso Concluding Comments
This is a small contract that is more about strategy than the monetary value. The DoD doesn’t fund nice-to-haves, so it signals that NC Protect is solving a real problem in a highly constrained environment, which is why it matters more than the headline dollars.
The engagement also keeps the engineering loop tight. When the end-user is specifying functionality and the vendor is shipping to that brief, the product tends to harden quickly and become “the way things are done.” A way that graduate from pilot to enterprise standard.
What I’ll watch from here is the delivery discipline, evidence of broadened scope, and any step-ups in user counts. If those land in sequence, the bridge from services to licensing becomes a conveyor belt rather than a leap of faith.
What it means is that this is a credible progress. It won’t move the revenue needle today, but it can reduce risk on tomorrow’s opportunity. As always—DYOR, track execution, and let milestones rather than narratives guide conviction.
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