CACI planning classified agile software facility in Colorado Springs

CACI, buoyed by the success of relocating its back-office work to Oklahoma City, OK, is planning a classified agile software facility in Colorado Springs, CO, Ken Asbury, chief executive of CACI International, said today.

Speaking at an event hosted by Washington Technology, he said the company was seeking lower costs when it relocated back-office work to Oklahoma City.

"In two months, we hired 280 people that were incredibly talented, and they went to work and that center is up and operating," Asbury said.

Now, the company is considering how relocations might work out for work delivered directly to programs, he added.

"We're looking at putting a classified agile software facility in Colorado Springs," Asbury said. "Now, we've got to go find that talent."

Additionally, Asbury said he'd like to see CACI grow its fixed-price work, noting it produces higher profit levels for the company.

Today, he said, fixed-price work is about one-third of its business. "I'd like to take it to 50 percent, 60 percent," Asbury said.

Though CACI unsuccessfully sought to acquire CSRA -- which was purchased by General Dynamics -- Asbury said the company is not aggressively seeking a deal of a similar size.

"I would tell you that we'd be open to a deal like that, but it's not what's driving us," he said, adding that the company is more focused on getting back to organic growth and filling niche capability gaps.