Army Awards San Antonio Firm $42.5 Million Cybersecurity Contract

Tirghra JV, LLC received a firm-fixed-price deal for cybersecurity, systems engineering and program protection support, with work running through July 2030 under Army Contracting Command in Michigan.

First Published: July 28, 2026, 1:28 PM ET

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Tirghra JV, LLC, a San Antonio-based defense services firm, received a $42.5 million Army contract for cybersecurity, systems engineering and program protection support, as announced on war.gov.

The firm-fixed-price award runs through an estimated completion date of July 26, 2030, according to war.gov. The government solicited bids over the internet and received a single offer.

Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity for the deal under contract number W912CH-26-DA079, according to war.gov. The Defense Department listed the award among its contract announcements dated July 27, 2026.

The Army will determine work locations and funding with each order, according to war.gov. That structure lets the Army direct cybersecurity and engineering support wherever program needs arise across the five-year period.

The stakes reach beyond a single vendor. Cybersecurity and program protection support help shield weapons programs and defense networks from intrusion and theft of technical data. A single-offer award concentrates that work with one contractor, which benefits Tirghra JV, LLC and narrows the Army’s near-term competition for the requirement.

Defense cybersecurity spending has climbed as the Pentagon expands protection for its industrial base and classified programs. Firm-fixed-price contracts place cost risk on the contractor, which agrees to deliver at a set price regardless of its own expenses. That model contrasts with cost-reimbursement deals, where the government absorbs overruns.

Awards like this rarely change daily life for the average reader. They do shape how tax dollars fund the machinery of national defense. A $42.5 million contract sits at the smaller end of the Pentagon’s daily contract flow, where individual awards routinely reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

Single-offer competitions have happened before across federal contracting. Government auditors have long flagged awards that draw only one offer, warning that limited competition can weaken the government’s leverage on price. The Army noted plainly that it received one bid for this requirement, according to war.gov.

The next decisions rest with Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, which will issue individual task orders that set the specific work and funding over the life of the contract. A date for the first task order was not announced.

Defense contracting in San Antonio traces back more than a century, anchored by the military installations that shaped the city. Fort Sam Houston, established in the 1870s, grew into one of the Army’s largest posts, and nearby air bases turned the region into a hub the city branded Military City USA. Cyber operations later joined that legacy when the 24th Air Force stood up at Lackland Air Force Base in 2009, cementing San Antonio’s role in national security work and drawing contractors like the one now holding this award.