CACI International has received a five-year $180 million contract to provide Joint Geospatial Analytic Support Services (JGASS) to US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), it announced on 28 March. The contract comprises one base year and four option years.
As per the contract, the company will provide geospatial imagery intelligence, analysis, collection and exploitation services to yield real-time actionable intelligence in support of mission planning and execution for Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC) worldwide.
John Mengucci, chief operating officer and president, US operations, CACI said: ‘CACI has a long history of providing intelligence analysis to support government customers' missions. Our multi-discipline approach and in-depth knowledge of geospatial intelligence will help ensure the readiness and safety of special operations forces as they engage in our nation's most complex and high-risk challenges.’
Ken Asbury, president and chief executive officer, CACI, said: ‘Through our acquisitions in recent years, CACI has made a significant commitment to expand our business in the geospatial market, and this contract with USSOCOM is a direct result of that strategic effort. It is a great privilege to serve our nation's special operations forces on this contract as they carry out their critically important mission of defending our nation and its citizens.’
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