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CACI Awarded $917 Million Air Force Research Laboratory Contract to Advance C5ISR
October 5, 2023 | BUSINESS WIREEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
CACI International Inc announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract, with a maximum ceiling value of $917 million, to continue to provide complete life cycle software and systems engineering to improve battlespace awareness for the U.S. Air Force’s Research Laboratory (AFRL). The contract supports the performance, research, and gathering of data and information processing capabilities for the AFRL.
Under the contract, CACI will implement Agile and adaptable processes to develop mission software and data analysis capabilities to advance and modernize command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) programs. These capabilities will enhance information dissemination and decision-making across the Air Force and intelligence community, improve information security, and meet program mission objectives.
“This contract award significantly expands our long-standing work with AFRL. Our industry-leading software development capabilities coupled with our decades of mission experience and technology innovation, will ensure that the Air Force continues to outpace advancing threats,” said John Mengucci, CACI President and Chief Executive Officer. “By modernizing and delivering software capabilities and decision-making at scale, CACI delivers C5ISR superiority and provides critical information advantage that supports AFRL’s multidomain operations.”
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