Tharros Defense, Inc.

Tharros Defense, Inc., doing business as Analygence Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and SBA-certified 8(a) participant based in Fulton, Maryland, delivers cybersecurity analysis, intelligence analysis, technical services, and professional engineering to defense and civilian agencies as a prime contractor on multiple federal IDIQs and as a subcontractor on specialized defense programs. The vendor is minority-owned and self-certified as a small disadvantaged business; both SDVOSB and veteran-owned small business certifications expire May 21, 2028.

The $14.24 billion combined potential value across 58 recent awards (57 prime, one sub) masks the strategic importance of a single $13.96 billion placement. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, represents a multi-domain defense systems contract spanning research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains through December 28, 2035. This is Tharros' most consequential vehicle; all other awards aggregate to $277.8 million in potential value. Work under SHIELD is classified and unclassified across multiple security domains, performed in Huntsville, Alabama; an initial $500 delivery order was awarded at contract inception.

Beyond SHIELD, Tharros holds four GSA OASIS+ vehicles: the Total Small Business IDIQ (OAS+SB, $999 billion ceiling, through December 18, 2029), the Unrestricted IDIQ (OAS+UR, $999 billion ceiling, through December 16, 2029), the 8(a) Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (OAS+8A, $999 billion ceiling, through November 5, 2029), and the SDVOSB Set-Aside IDIQ (OAS+DV, $999 billion ceiling, through September 29, 2029). These vehicles carry placeholder ceilings and serve as multi-agency vehicles for integrated professional services spanning cybersecurity, intelligence analysis, mission support, technical services, research, program management, engineering, and logistics across civilian and defense sectors. Tharros also holds the NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Support Services (CAPSS) IDIQ ($125 million, through November 30, 2028) as a prime under Total Small Business set-aside.

Customer concentration by potential value is dominated by the Navy. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for $13.96 billion (98% of total value), driven almost entirely by SHIELD. The National Institute of Standards and Technology ranks second with $135.3 million across five labor-hour delivery orders for cybersecurity analysis, email support, and frontier-model evaluation work under CAPSS. The Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (12 awards, $54.8 million) and United States Fleet Forces Command (3 awards, $35.5 million) round out the top tier. The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has placed three awards totaling $28 million for coordinated vulnerability disclosure and support services. By award count, the Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center leads with 12 awards ($54.8 million), followed by GSA Federal Acquisition Service (8 awards, $3.8 million) and Fleet Cyber Command (6 awards, $10.2 million).

Recent capability work reflects a portfolio split between cybersecurity and naval/defense support services. A $29.7 million firm fixed-price delivery order from US Fleet Forces Command (March 14, 2026, through September 13, 2031) covers cyber support services in Norfolk, Virginia under Seaport Next Generation (Seaport-NXG). A $27.75 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center (January 20, 2026, through January 19, 2031) provides contractor support services to the Aircraft Division Lakehurst Support Equipment Department in Fulton, Maryland, also under Seaport-NXG. Four NIST CAPSS task orders totaling $10.3 million span frontier-model cybersecurity evaluation ($2.1 million, through August 31, 2026), cybersecurity analysis and email support ($3.64 million, through January 31, 2027), platform development ($2.47 million, through June 18, 2026), and cybersecurity analysis ($2.05 million, through August 21, 2025). A $3.57 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from Naval Air Warfare Center (July 1, 2024, through July 7, 2029) covers Support Equipment Recommendation Data processing under 8(a) sole source in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On the civilian side, FDA awarded a $356 thousand 8(a) sole-source purchase order (September 25, 2024, through September 24, 2029) for website development and maintenance supporting the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research system in Fulton, Maryland.

Activity has declined sharply year over year: four awards in 2022 ramped to eleven in 2023 and ten in 2024, then dropped to four in 2025 and two in 2026 (through March). This trajectory reflects a lull in routine task-order activity, not program contraction — seven awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $38.5 million and face recompete. The Seaport-NXG vehicle anchors near-term work, accounting for four task orders and $60.5 million in combined potential value.

Tharros operates predominantly as a prime contractor (98% of awards). Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 captures SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $12.2 million across prime contracts ($1.2 million in FY2022, $4.8 million in FY2023, $6.2 million in FY2024), with reported FTE delivery ramping from 4 FTEs in FY2022 to 21.2 FTEs in FY2024. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors perform an average of 13 percent of hours; Tharros names three subcontractors across the SCI dataset. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts range from a 10th percentile of $89.37 per hour to a median of $201.65 per hour and a 90th percentile of $323.76 per hour, reflecting a mix of administrative, technical, and senior professional labor. On GSA Schedule, Tharros offers 27 unique labor categories spanning Systems Administrators and Program Analysts through Vulnerability SMEs and IT Senior Program Managers, with hourly rates ranging from $84.96 to $274.05 and no security-cleared positions offered; education requirements span associate through bachelor's degrees with required experience from 7 to 20 years.

Tharros subcontracts to Sev1Tech, LLC for Helm and Kubernetes operator services under the Big Bang effort (June 1, 2023). The vendor's work breakdown by NAICS reflects breadth: Engineering Services (16 awards), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting (9 awards), Other Computer Related Services (8 awards), Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (5 awards), and Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (5 awards). Professional support services dominate by PSC: Program Management/Support (8 awards), Engineering/Technical Support (7 awards), and Other Professional Support (6 awards).

Set-aside posture is mixed. Seven of the named contracts carry 8(a) sole source or competitive 8(a) designations; four NIST CAPSS delivery orders and one FDA purchase order are Total Small Business set-asides. The Seaport-NXG and SHIELD delivery orders carry no set-aside. The four OASIS+ IDIQs represent the vendor's primary growth vehicles going forward: three are set-aside (Total Small Business, 8(a), SDVOSB), and one is unrestricted. Tharros' SBA-certified status — particularly SDVOSB and 8(a) — anchors its competitive posture across small business vehicles.

Analygence, Inc. offers professional services expertise in program and project management; acquisitions; JCIDS; PPBE; test and evaluation; SETA support; intelligence analysis, cyber analysis and operations; and Cyber training and curriculum development.