{"id":33816,"date":"2021-08-12T17:15:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/12\/caci-military-modernization-sales-will-eclipse-afghanistan-pullout-losses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:45:18","slug":"caci-military-modernization-sales-will-eclipse-afghanistan-pullout-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2021\/08\/12\/caci-military-modernization-sales-will-eclipse-afghanistan-pullout-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"CACI: Military modernization sales will eclipse Afghanistan pullout losses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 Defense contractor CACI International<\/a> on Thursday forecast that its future losses from the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan<\/a> would be more than offset by the U.S. military\u2019s growing investments in forward-leaning technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company projected 4 percent sales growth despite a 2 percent headwind linked to Afghanistan, where CACI has supported the U.S. Army with intelligence analysis. The Virginia-based company sees its agile software development business as a key driver and touted its April award worth $376 million from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for an AI-driven intel processing platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During CACI\u2019s fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday, CEO John Mengucci told analysts some of its Afghanistan-based employees are continuing work from different locations, while others remain at work in Africa, Korea and throughout the Middle East, including Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve watched the administration make the decision to completely exit Afghanistan by 9\/11, and all I can say is they\u2019re executing on that decision,\u201d Mengucci said, adding that CACI\u2019s ongoing analytical services are \u201cmuch broader counter-terrorism\u201d to include \u201cnear-peer threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the military modernizes with an eye toward competition with Russia and China, CACI sees bipartisan support for information technology modernization, offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, border security, electronic and space \u2015 all a potential boon to its bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company\u2019s comments come just days after the Democrat-led Senate Armed Services Committee unveiled its draft 2022 defense authorization bill<\/a>, with $25 billion more for defense than President Joe Biden proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\t