Appian wins $500M Army contract

McLean-based software company Appian announced last week that the U.S. Army has awarded the company a new enterprise contract valued at up to $500 million to support the Army’s software modernization efforts and expand artificial intelligence-powered process automation.

Under the agreement, the Army can purchase up to $500 million in Appian platform licenses, maintenance, support services and cloud services over a 10-year period.

“This award reflects the Army’s strategic IT vision for modernization by consolidating contract actions across the Army into a single enterprise agreement to promote cost efficiencies, while embracing AI-powered process automation and low-code application development to deliver capabilities through the Army cloud environment,” Army Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga said in a statement.

The company also announced that the Army authorized it to conditionally operate the Appian Defense Cloud, which Appian said will allow warfighters to access the latest AI technology.

According to Appian founder and Chief Technology Officer Michael Beckley, the company is enabling the Army and Department of Defense to move from pilot projects to mission-ready capabilities at scale.

“This enterprise agreement is about more than access to technology; it’s about outcomes,” he said in a statement.

In October 2025, Appian argued before the Supreme Court of Virginia that it should receive a record-breaking $2.04 billion jury award in a 2022 trade secrets trial against competitor Pegasystems, after the state appeals court ruled in Pega’s favor.

Earlier this year, the Virginia Supreme Court backed the appeals court’s decision and sent the case back to Fairfax County Circuit Court for another trial.

In 2024, Appian’s total revenue was $617 million, an annual increase of 13%. The company’s fiscal 2025 results are set to be announced in February.