Feb 18, 2026 - Technology

Exclusive: CenCore snags $44 million SCIF deal

Colin Demarest

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CenCore Group will build up to eight modular, relocatable SCIFs at Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic sites under a contract with the U.S. Navy.

Why it matters: The deal gets the service "mission ready literally five to seven years faster than they would have if they had done a traditional stick build and gone through the" military construction process, CEO Adam Fife told Axios.

Driving the news: The contract is valued at $44 million.

It was awarded in September but is just now being publicized.

Zoom in: Each building will be a single story tall and cover 4,800 square feet. They will be placed on preexisting concrete pads in the Charleston area.

"We don't go for sexy," Fife said. "We go for critical."

Follow the money: The contract follows a $19 million arrangement with the Marine Corps announced last year.

Catch up quick: CenCore is based in Utah and employs about 1,000 people. It has manufacturing facilities in Colorado and South Carolina.

The intrigue: The company works closely with the intelligence community.

Fife declined to detail those arrangements.

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Exclusive: CenCore snags $44 million SCIF deal

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