CACI wins night vision research contract

The view through night vision goggles of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief with 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, deployed as Task Force Iron Knights, while conducting fuel checks, air space surveillance, and ensuring obstacle clearance during a night vision goggle reset flight over Monrovia, Liberia, during Operation United assistance, Jan. 24, 2015. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jose Ramirez, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs/RELEASED)

CACI has been awarded a $28 million contract to develop sensors for the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).

The 22-month task order calls for CACI to provide “technical, engineering, and program management support for the research and development of night vision and infrared technologies, which detect air, sea, and ground targets during the day and night, and in adverse visual conditions,” according to a company news release. The task order was awarded under the Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract vehicle.