Preliminary testing of a portable jammer has been successful for a Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team Manpack at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, which CACI International-owned Mastodon Design won a $1.5 million contract for. Todd Probert, CACI’s president, expressed satisfaction with the results. The TLS-BCT Manpack is designed to give troops a mobile means of molding the electromagnetic spectrum to their advantage.
A critical aspect of the backpack version is its physical load, with Michael Nagata, a CACI strategic adviser, noting the strain on operators already carrying heavy loads. The Army is looking to reinvigorate its electronic warfare arsenal, with contracts for the TLS line totaling tens of millions of dollars. Army program leaders lauded the results of the recent demonstration of the manpack system and CACI is collaborating with Lockheed Martin on the TLS-EAB project.
CACI earned $4.3 billion in defense-related revenue in 2022 and purchased Mastodon Design for $225 million in 2019. Colin Demarest and Noah Robertson provided this information.
