{"id":16398,"date":"2021-08-09T19:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T19:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/09\/former-army-tactical-network-director-joins-caci\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:34:41","slug":"former-army-tactical-network-director-joins-caci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2021\/08\/09\/former-army-tactical-network-director-joins-caci\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Army tactical network director joins CACI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The former director of the U.S. Army\u2019s network modernization organization has joined IT company CACI International, the business announced Aug. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Gallagher, who retired as a major general earlier this year, moved to the company after three-and-a-half years in charge of the Network Cross-Functional Team, the Army outfit tasked with modernizing the service\u2019s tactical network. In his new role, Gallagher will be a senior vice president and help advance the company\u2019s national security technology offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As director, Gallagher led the delivery new sets of tactical network tools to soldiers and oversaw the network\u2019s move toward enabling multidomain operations. He will also serve as principal adviser to Todd Probert, CACI president of national security and innovative solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPete\u2019s depth of defense mission expertise, including a recent focus on convergence and modernization, and years of special operations experience, will accelerate our success in bringing software enabled technology to enhance, connect, and secure critical systems for our customers,\u201d Probert said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before leading the tactical network team, Gallagher served as commander of Network Enterprise Technology Command and CIO\/J6 of Central Command. He joined the Army in 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, Gallagher told C4ISRNET that advancing and investing in network transport was the most important future technology for the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\t