CACI Wins Fourth Edison Award for CrossBeam, an American-made Optical Communications Terminal

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CACI International Inc announced that it has been awarded a prestigious bronze Edison Award™ for CrossBeam®, the first and only American-made, Space Development Agency-compliant optical communications terminal (OCT) that provides the U.S. government with reliable data communications for long-distance crosslink applications, from space to the warfighter and back.

“It is an incredible honor to receive our fourth Edison Award for our groundbreaking OCT technology,” said CACI President and Chief Executive Officer John Mengucci. “We are leaders at rapidly prototyping and leveraging commercial practices to iterate software-defined developments, enhancements, and deployments in real time. Our award-winning innovations are also a direct result of our foresight to invest ahead of customer need by dedicating resources to emerging, cutting-edge capabilities that pioneer how we protect our nation’s assets and interests from ground to sea to space.”

CrossBeam remains unrivaled as the only American SDA-class OCT proven to perform in the most challenging space environments across multiple orbits to and from the final frontier.

The Edison Awards honor the world’s highest-level innovations, products, services, and business leaders. The awards are operated by the Edison Universe, a nonprofit that recognizes, honors, and fosters innovations and innovators, and are among the most highly regarded and prestigious recognition honoring exemplary technology and innovation.