U.S. military counter-narcotics activities get CACI support services

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- CACI International is to provide support services for the U.S. military's effort against international threats funded by illicit drug activity.

The work will be in the areas of command, control, communications, information, detection, and monitoring and will be performed for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, or OASD-SO/LIC.

The services come under a four-year multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a total value of $480 million.

"With this contract, CACI will provide a broad range of advanced information networks, applications, and expertise to enable the Department of Defense and its supported agencies to rapidly coordinate missions and deliver actionable intelligence necessary to succeed in their counter-narcoterrorism mission," said John Mengucci, CACI's chief operating officer and president of U.S. Operations.

OASD-SO/LIC is primarily responsible for the overall supervision of special operations and low-intensity conflict activities, including counter-terrorism, unconventional warfare, direct action, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense, civil affairs, information operations, and counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Under the award, CACI will provide a range of solutions and services. Among them: building communications networks; performing trade studies to identify effective proposed technical solutions; and supporting linguistic operations centers.

Tasks will include building mobile communications networks in multinational, potentially hostile environments to enable U.S. forces and related agencies, as well as host nations, to conduct counter-narcoterrorism activities.

"CACI has a long history of supporting the Department of Defense's counter-narcoterrorism efforts," said CACI President and Chief Executive Officer Ken Asbury. "Our experience delivering large-scale information networks worldwide positions us for growth in supporting the Counter Narcoterrorism Program Office's enduring mission to secure the United States against multinational threats funded by illicit drug activities."