METRO · NCR · DC / NORTHERN VIRGINIA / MARYLAND

National Capital Region.
The Beltway's cleared core.

The center holds the wire

The NCR is the densest cleared market on the planet. The agencies, commands, and primes that anchor the nation's cleared work sit inside fifty miles of each other. Salian Defense delivers turnkey ICD-705 facilities, FSO services, and air-gapped mission software for the small and mid-tier cleared shops that cannot afford a $200K-a-month coworking seat or a 24-month custom build.

Scope an NCR program › What we deliver here
I.WHAT WE DELIVER

One contract across the densest cleared market in the country.

Beltway primes have in-house facility shops; small and mid-tier cleared contractors usually do not. Salian Defense fills the gap with a single contract that covers facility build, accreditation coordination, FSO support, and the air-gapped software built to run inside the boundary, anywhere across the NCR.

A · FACILITY
ICD-705 build across the NCR

Permanent SCIFs, modular units, and tenant fit-out inside defense-REIT campuses across Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Anne Arundel, Howard, and Montgomery counties.

  • Site selection across the NCR (DC / NoVA / MD)
  • Tenant fit-out inside cleared campuses
  • Modular and CONEX SCIFs for surge demand
  • TEMPEST and RF shielding to ICD-705 specification
B · ACCREDITATION
FCL support through AO sign-off

FCL sponsorship support for entrants without prior cleared posture, SSP and POA&M generation through Project Hawk, AO walk-through with deep defense and IC experience. DCSA determines the FCL; the Accrediting Official (AO/CSA) accredits the facility.

  • DCSA FCL sponsorship support
  • NIST SP 800-171 control mapping
  • CMMC Level 2 readiness
  • RMF / ATO support across defense and IC programs
C · PEOPLE
Outsourced industrial security

Co-employed FSO, CSSO, and ITPSO through a cleared captive partner with deep NCR experience. ITAR / EAR advisory, FOCI mitigation, insider-threat program standup.

  • Co-employed FSO + CSSO + ITPSO
  • FOCI mitigation and SF-328 intake
  • ITAR / EAR advisory
  • NCR-resident cleared captive staff
D · SYSTEMS
Air-gapped mission software

The Praesidium Suite for defense and IC analyst workflows. Six products on one architecture, deployable hosted, CUI-safe on your own infrastructure, or fully air-gapped inside accredited space. The analysis tools work from metadata and public standards, not controlled content, and pass-or-fail verdicts are deterministic code rather than model output. Each system is authorized by its Authorizing Official for a specific environment; Salian prepares the evidence that review requires.

  • Vates Cognition · a defensible facility number in minutes
  • Groma · ingests plans, renders 2D and 3D, grades them against ICD-705
  • Legatus · agentic workflows built for a SCIF
  • Vigil · boundary policy for AI: allow, redact or block
  • Hawk RAG · the retrieval layer for the Hawk products
  • Pythian · encryption for the machines you cannot touch
II.WHY THE NCR
/ MARKET OBSERVATION

The NCR's cleared market is vertically integrated at the top and fragmented at the bottom.

The top primes own facility delivery as an internal capability. The small and mid-tier cleared community pieces together a build crew, an accreditation consultant, an FSO shop, and a managed-service provider every time a new contract requires footprint. Salian Defense sells that fragmented work as a single contract, with SDVOSB set-aside paths for the program offices that want them.

›COMMON QUESTIONS

The National Capital Region, answered.

Does Salian Defense build SCIFs in the National Capital Region?
Yes. Salian Defense delivers turnkey ICD-705 accredited facilities across the National Capital Region, including the District, Northern Virginia, and suburban Maryland, under a single contract that covers facility clearance sponsorship support, design, construction, accreditation coordination, and sustainment. The regional draw is the densest concentration of defense and intelligence community customers in the country. Salian is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, CAGE 18SG4.
How long does a SCIF take to build in the National Capital Region?
Where scope allows, Salian has reached occupancy in roughly four to six months against an industry norm of twelve to twenty-four. The honest answer depends on starting posture: a greenfield build, a retrofit of existing space, and the rescue of a stalled project are three different schedules. Salian scopes the timeline before committing to a date, then commits to a date it can hold.
What does a SCIF cost in the National Capital Region?
There is no honest flat number, and region is only one of five drivers. The others are usable secure square footage, starting posture, the RF and acoustic attenuation the accreditation requires, and schedule compression. Regional cleared-labor depth does move the figure, because cleared trades are a thin market that varies sharply by metro. The free Project Estimator at saliandefense.com/vates.html returns a budgetary Rough Order of Magnitude from a short intake.
Can Salian sponsor a facility clearance for a company with no prior cleared posture in the National Capital Region?
Yes. No prior cleared posture is required. Salian helps you identify and prepare for the sponsorship path and walks the facility clearance process with you, from the SF-328 through the DCSA review, so a first-time entrant can stand up cleared work on a credible timeline. The free five-gate readiness check at saliandefense.com/fcl-readiness.html tells you where you stand before you commit.
Can Salian take over a stalled or partially built facility in the National Capital Region?
Yes. Salian engages from a blank site or steps into a failed or partially built effort. Recovering stalled accredited-facility projects is a stated specialty rather than an exception. A rescue inherits both whatever the previous team did and the schedule already spent, so the first step is an honest assessment of what exists today, including any prior accreditation attempt.

Scope an NCR program.

Tell us the mission, the metro, and the timeline. We will return a feasibility read and a budgetary ROM within one business day.

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›NEARBY MARKETS AND NEXT STEPS

The nearest markets, and the two tools this page refers to.

Salian runs the same model in every metro it serves. The nearest markets, and the two tools this page refers to:

Norfolk › Huntsville › Tampa Bay › Project Estimator › FCL readiness check › All readiness tools ›