WASHINGTON — CACI International, a professional services and information technology company, has secured a 10-year contract worth up to $450 million to support the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC), the company announced July 31.
The JNWC, a subordinate organization of U.S. Space Command’s Combined Force Space Component Command, serves as the Department of Defense’s center of excellence for navigation warfare. It supports U.S. Space Command and plays a vital role in maintaining positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) superiority for the DoD and its partners.
Under the contract, CACI will assist combatant commanders in enhancing their ability to operate in PNT-disrupted, denied and degraded areas. This includes operational field assessments, war gaming scenarios, and modeling and simulating threats.
“CACI’s experts understand multi-domain positioning, navigation and timing threats and advise combatant and joint force commanders on how to swiftly respond to navigational warfare threats and operational requirements,” said John Mengucci, CACI’s president and chief executive officer.
The JNWC, established in 2004, provides 24/7 operational support to warfighters through reachback capabilities and deployable teams. These teams offer expertise in planning and conducting navigational warfare operations across various domains, including space, electronic warfare, cyberspace, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.
Navigational warfare involves deliberate defensive and offensive actions to ensure PNT superiority, which is critical for modern military operations. The JNWC works to identify vulnerabilities, develop mitigation strategies, and coordinate navigational warfare efforts across the Department of Defense, combatant commands, military services, interagency partners and allies.