US department of defence and UK MOD - RECENT WINS
Following its recent contract with the U.S. Department of Defense and a significant new agreement in the UK, archTIS Limited (ASX: AR9) is entering a transformative growth phase. The company’s flagship product, NC Protect, offers data-centric security controls that are increasingly demanded across defense and government sectors globally—particularly as agencies migrate to cloud platforms like Microsoft 365. The recent U.S. DoD contract confirms NC Protect’s compliance with one of the world’s most rigorous cybersecurity environments and places the company in prime position to extend its footprint across the broader U.S. federal ecosystem. This could easily be interpreted as a turning point: not just for short-term revenue, but as a strategic validation of archTIS's technology and value proposition.
The UK contract further supports this momentum. Although the initial agreement with a global aerospace and defense contractor is valued at A$263,185 for 400 users, the implementation is explicitly designed to serve as a global reference model for secure data collaboration across a 100,000+ user enterprise.
Looking at the broader potential, the U.S. Department of Defense itself supports over 1 million personnel, while the UK Ministry of Defence and its industrial base collectively represent another 100,000+ user segment. If archTIS can successfully expand within these institutions, and replicate its per-user pricing model, the numbers are striking:
These estimates do not yet include future upselling of additional features, services, or integration support, nor do they account for the private sector defense contractors, Five Eyes alliance spillover, or EU/NATO cyber compliance programs, all of which could further expand archTIS’s total addressable market (TAM).
Beyond these immediate opportunities, archTIS’s entire client base—including other government departments, law enforcement, and defense-industrial organizations in Australia, Europe, and North America—is potentially convertible to NC Protect deployments. Given the growing global emphasis on Zero Trust security architectures, Microsoft 365 migration, and sovereign data control, the company is well-placed to capture a significant share of the secure collaboration market. Even capturing a modest fraction of the Western defense and government cloud migration activity could represent hundreds of millions in recurring revenue.
To calculate the potential contract value projections using the pricing benchmark from archTIS’s initial U.S. DoD contract: A$38,000 for 1,000 users, which equates to A$38 per user (assumed to be annual or per-license, as per standard enterprise licensing models, and there would no bet doubt be contract package discounts so this is merely to give an idea of the potential)
We will apply this updated per-user cost across different scale-up scenarios to reflect the true revenue potential if archTIS expands within the U.S. Department of Defense, the UK Ministry of Defence, and its global enterprise clients.
Current UK Client Expansion
Initial deployment: 400 users = A$15,200
Full rollout potential: 100,000 users x A$38 = A$3.8 million annually. If extended to a 3-year contract (as with the initial UK deal):
- A$3.8 million x 3 years = A$11.4 million
US DoD Expansion: 150,000 Users
- 150,000 users x A$38 = A$5.7 million annually
- Over 3 years: A$17.1 million
DoD Full Potential Rollout: 1 Million Users (actually 4m users)
- 1,000,000 users x A$38 = A$38 million annually
- Over 3 years: A$114 million
Potential Across Global Client Base
Assuming archTIS can achieve broader penetration across allied defense and enterprise clients through channel partners, Microsoft integrations, and security mandates, the following growth tiers could emerge:
250,000 users (moderate government and defense market share)
→ A$9.5M annually / A$28.5M over 3 years
500,000 users (expansion into multiple agencies and defense primes)
→ A$19M annually / A$57M over 3 years
1.5M users (widespread enterprise and defense ecosystem adoption)
→ A$57M annually / A$171M over 3 years
Strategic Implications
These revised, more conservative pricing projections still present a high-margin, scalable growth opportunity for archTIS. Even at A$38 per user, the product maintains clear value due to:
- Regulatory compliance with mandates like JSP 440, CMMC, ITAR, etc.
- Zero Trust security fit in modern collaboration environments.
- Minimal deployment friction due to NC Protect’s tight Microsoft 365 integration.
If archTIS can sustain product excellence and secure long-term contracts through successful proof-of-concept deployments (as in the UK), the cumulative revenue potential from defense, government, and industrial clients remains in the tens to hundreds of millions over multi-year horizons—even before accounting for upsell opportunities like Kojensi or managed services.
In summary, while current contracts are measured, their strategic depth—and the sheer scalability of NC Protect across regulated enterprises—places archTIS on the cusp of exponential value creation. The company’s execution on these early wins will determine how much of this massive potential can be realized, but the foundations are now firmly in place.
This is obviously thinking long-term but as invested that's exactly what we are supposed to do.
