CACI International has received a $413 million contract to provide support for ground-based intelligence and communication systems within the US Army’s Trojan Strong family of systems, the company announced on 19 November.
The five-year contract includes the continuation of current support in addition to new work.
Trojan Strong is an army ground intelligence platform for intelligence collection and dissemination, enabling access to signals intelligence and fused intelligence data provided in near real-time.
Under the contract, CACI will support Trojan Strong with engineering services, system design and development, fabrication, testing, fielding, maintenance, modernisation and training to advance the army’s signals intelligence capabilities.
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The German defence minister claimed the reforms would mean the 2025 military budget would require an additional €6.5 billion (US$7 billion).
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