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lion task order to provide mission support to U.S. Africa Command, Business Development Executive at CACI.
components and partners. “YOU DON’T NEED TO SHOOT TO
KILL. YOU CAN ELECTRONICALLY
In September last year, the company won a prime position on
the 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery and quantity con- JAM, OR ELECTRONICALLY TAKE [ REPORT ]
tract with the Defense Intelligence Agency to support military CONTROL, OR ELECTRONICALLY
intelligence operations for defence planners, warfighters and pol- BRING DOWN ANY KIND OF
icymakers. The programme is worth a maximum value of USD17.1 UAS, EVEN THE BIG ONES. THE
billion. In December, the company announced that it had been
awarded a USD438 million five-year contract to support the Air SYSTEM IS CONSTANTLY BEING
Force Research Laboratory on its work advancing C4ISR programs DEVELOPED AND UPGRADED
and other functional areas. WITH NEW CAPABILITIES. IT IS
NOT A WANNABE PRODUCT AND
Counter UAS System IS BEING USED IN A NUMBER OF
The company is confident about the market prospects of
SkyTracker, its counter-UAS system. The system is already in use PLACES BY THE ARMY AND OTHER
by the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community and ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE U.S.
other law enforcement authorities at various facilities across the GOVERNMENT.”
U.S. and also at operational locations overseas.
The SkyTracker Technology Suite is capable of accurately detect- The company is yet to export the SkyTracker,
ing, identifying and tracking UAS threats; it can, unlike most of but there is plenty of interest in the system,
the competitors, locate both the ground operator and the drone. says Watson. “Look at what happened at the
The system also offers a range of precision mitigation options to Gatwick international airport. If you shut down
address potential threats. Another highlight of the system is that JFK international airport, it is over USD55 mil-
it provides passive detection that does not interfere with legiti- lion every minute in lost revenue. JFK is not the
mate electronics or communications systems in the area, or with busiest airport in the world. Imagine having to
authorized drones. shut down the busiest ones like Heathrow and
Gatwick; it is in people’s best financial interests
SkyTracker systems can also identify UAS types and direct enemy to have a counter drone system. A Chinese
drones to conduct a “safe landing. company makes the vast majority of drones.
There is definitely a need for counter UAS sys-
“WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THE SYSTEM IS ITS tems at civilian airports in Europe and Asia.”
NON-KINETIC CAPABILITY,” Vincent Watson, Senior Another product recently introduced by CACI is
“DeviceFarm,” which allows the user to remotely
control mobile phones. A pre-packaged,
plug and-play solution that can be physically
deployed in any facility for remote manage-
ment and automated testing of multiple devices
from a single web interface, DeviceFarm allows
cyber labs and mod/sim personnel to test new
and upgraded apps on dozens of combinations
of devices and operating systems.

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