Xterra

What Xterra does

Xterra Corporation is a small federal contractor founded in 2002 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, that provides geospatial systems engineering and software development services to U.S. Government agencies. Its disclosed customer set spans the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, including the U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and DHS subcomponents (CBP, S&T, and TSA). Available firmographic data indicate a headcount of 1–10 employees and small-business status.

The company's core technology is integration-led rather than proprietary: Xterra specializes in assembling established commercial GIS and database platforms — ESRI (ArcGIS, ArcIMS, ArcSDE), Skyline, and MapInfo on the geospatial side, paired with Oracle and SQLServer for Object/Relational database management — into mission-specific systems for federal clients. Service offerings cover geospatial systems architecture design, full-lifecycle software development from requirements analysis through operational maintenance, database management, web-based application development, and rapid prototyping. The most recently delivered capability is a web-deployed Situational Awareness application for the DHS Transportation Security Administration.

Revenue is generated through a professional-services, B2G contract model via competitive RFPs and task orders awarded by DHS, DoD, and related agencies; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is consultative enterprise field sales — direct engagement with government procurement offices, capability briefings at industry events, and a corporate website — with no venture funding, M&A activity, or ownership disclosures on record.

Name

Xterra

Legal name

Xterra Corporation

Website

https://xterracorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Xterra Corporation is a small federal contractor founded in 2002 that provides geospatial systems engineering and software development services to the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and related U.S. Government agencies, integrating ESRI, Skyline, and MapInfo GIS platforms with Oracle and SQLServer databases.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Systems Engineering

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

Keywords

• Geospatial systems engineering
• GIS integration services
• Federal software development
• Situational awareness software
• Government database management

Headquarters

HQ city

Falls Church

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Geospatial Systems Engineering: Provides geospatial systems engineering and software development services to Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security agencies. Revenue is generated through government contracts, task orders, and project-based engagements for systems architecture design, project management, database management, and web-based application development.
2. Software Development Lifecycle Services: Offers full software development lifecycle services from requirements analysis and design through testing, implementation, and operational maintenance support for DHS and DoD geospatial and imagery systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Xterra Corporation provides geospatial systems engineering and software development services to U.S. Government agencies, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its core offerings include geospatial and imagery systems architecture design, full lifecycle software development (requirements analysis through operational maintenance), GIS product integration (ESRI, Skyline, MapInfo), enterprise database management (Oracle, SQLServer), web-based application development, and rapid prototyping — most recently demonstrated through web-deployed Situational Awareness software for the DHS Transportation Security Administration.

Product overview

Xterra Corporation offers a unified suite of geospatial systems engineering and software development services to U.S. Government agencies. The core offerings include geospatial systems architecture design, full-lifecycle software development, web-based application development, database management, and rapid prototyping tools. The company integrates major GIS platforms including ESRI (ArcGIS, ArcIMS, ArcSDE), Skyline, and MapInfo, along with database management software including Oracle and SQLServer. Recent work includes web-deployed Situational Awareness software for the DHS Transportation Security Agency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geospatial Systems Engineering Provides geospatial and imagery systems architecture design, project management, and integration services to the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other U.S. Government agencies.
• Software Development Services Full lifecycle software development from requirements analysis and design through testing, implementation, and operational maintenance support, delivered to DHS and DoD geospatial and imagery systems programs.
• Web-Based Application Development Develops web-based applications for geospatial and imagery systems, including rapid prototyping tools that demonstrate system alternatives and accelerate concepts into operational usage for federal clients.
• Database Management Services Provides object/relational database management services for geospatial and imagery data systems using Oracle and SQLServer, supporting U.S. Government geospatial programs.
• Web-Deployed Situational Awareness Software for DHS TSA Web-deployed software for Situational Awareness developed and delivered for the DHS Transportation Security Agency, demonstrating operational deployment of a security-operations system.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• CACI International: Federal IT and engineering services contractor with significant geospatial, intelligence, and electronic systems work for DoD and DHS agencies. Comparable mission and customer set to Xterra but with substantially greater size and capability breadth.
• ManTech International: Defense and federal civilian IT services provider (now part of CGI) specializing in intelligence, defense, and homeland security software and systems integration. Closely comparable to Xterra's DoD/DHS GIS and imagery systems engineering focus.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Premier federal consulting and engineering services firm with deep DoD/DHS footprint including geospatial analytics and situational awareness work. Direct customer overlap with Xterra but broadly diversified across many federal domains.
• Leidos: Large federal IT services prime with substantial geospatial and intelligence solutions work for DoD, DHS, and NGA. Overlaps with Xterra in GIS systems integration for federal clients but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• SAIC: Major federal IT and engineering services contractor delivering geospatial, intelligence, and command-and-control solutions to DoD and DHS. Comparable to Xterra in addressing similar federal customers with similar systems-integration and software-development offerings, but at vastly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Woolpert: Architecture, engineering, and geospatial firm offering GIS, remote sensing, and spatial data management for government and defense clients. Overlaps with Xterra's GIS integration and federal services portfolio.
• Quantum Spatial: Geospatial data and analytics services provider serving federal, defense, and intelligence customers with imagery analysis and GIS capabilities. Similar technical alignment with Xterra's geospatial systems and imagery focus.
• NV5 Global (Geospatial): Provider of geospatial and engineering solutions including GIS implementation and remote sensing analytics for public and federal clients. Most directly comparable to Xterra as a geospatial services firm serving similar technical use cases, though operating at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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