STATE · TEXAS · SAN ANTONIO / AUSTIN / KILLEEN

Texas.
Cyber. Defense. Emerging cleared tech.

Three markets, one state

San Antonio anchors a deep cleared cyber and ISR footprint. The Killeen market carries one of the largest defense communities in the country. Austin's cleared-tech corridor is growing fast around autonomy, hypersonics, and space primes. Salian Defense delivers turnkey ICD-705 facilities and the air-gapped software built to run inside the boundary across all three Texas cleared markets.

Scope a Texas program › What we deliver here
I.WHAT WE DELIVER

Three Texas markets. One single-contract delivery.

San Antonio runs cyber. Killeen runs defense readiness. Austin runs emerging cleared tech. The capability stack underneath all three is the same: accredited facility, cleared people, air-gapped software, sustainment. Salian carries the whole stack under one schedule.

A · FACILITY
ICD-705 build across the Texas corridor

Permanent SCIFs and modular units in the San Antonio metro, Austin's tech corridor, the Killeen market, and Dallas-Fort Worth. Site selection that respects local cleared-talent commute patterns.

  • San Antonio: cleared cyber footprint
  • Austin: cleared-tech corridor
  • Killeen: defense programs
  • Dallas-Fort Worth: prime and sub presence
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 cross-service cleared experience, and continuous sustainment. 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 and ATO support
C · PEOPLE
Outsourced industrial security

Co-employed FSO, CSSO, and ITPSO through a cleared captive partner. ITAR / EAR advisory, FOCI mitigation, insider-threat program. SDVOSB joint-venture options for Texas set-asides.

  • Co-employed FSO + CSSO + ITPSO
  • FOCI mitigation
  • ITAR / EAR advisory
  • SDVOSB joint-venture partnerships
D · SYSTEMS
Air-gapped mission software

The Praesidium Suite for Texas analyst and operator 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 TEXAS
/ MARKET OBSERVATION

Texas is three cleared markets, not one, and each one is undersupplied.

San Antonio runs hot on cyber and ISR demand with limited dedicated turnkey supply. The Austin cleared-tech corridor is doubling in five years and is starting from a low base. Killeen-market programs typically reach to coastal contractors for ICD-705 work. Salian Defense's single-contract model serves all three, with SDVOSB joint-venture paths for state and federal set-asides.

›COMMON QUESTIONS

Texas, answered.

Does Salian Defense build SCIFs in Texas?
Yes. Salian Defense delivers turnkey ICD-705 accredited facilities across Texas, including San Antonio, Austin, and the Killeen and Fort Cavazos market, under a single contract that covers facility clearance sponsorship support, design, construction, accreditation coordination, and sustainment. The regional draw is San Antonio’s cyber and intelligence footprint, the Austin cleared-technology corridor, and the Killeen defense market. Salian is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, CAGE 18SG4.
How long does a SCIF take to build in Texas?
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 Texas?
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 Texas?
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 Texas?
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 a Texas program.

Tell us the metro, the mission, and the timeline pressure. 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:

Oklahoma City › Tampa Bay › Huntsville › Project Estimator › FCL readiness check › All readiness tools ›