Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in Afghanistan Bribery Scheme DOJ — A Fort Wainwright Army sergeant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to receive bribes and defraud the United States in connection with a scheme to steal fuel at a forward operating base (FOB) in Afghanistan. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s […]
A Northrop Grumman unit has removed to Virginia federal court a dispute over whether DynCorp overcharged the U.S. Department of Defense on a counter-narcotics subcontract, saying a pending request for U.S. Army interpretation of the deal requires federal oversight of the case. Because the dispute — involving competing claims that DynCorp International LLC improperly withheld […]
According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, DynCorp International, LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, protests the award of a contract to URS Federal Services, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. W58RGZ-14-R-0270, which was issued by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, Redstone, for aviation field maintenance support services. DynCorp challenges the Army's evaluation […]
SIGAR found that the MOD headquarters was constructed as a five-story building in Kabul, which, with some exceptions, generally met contract requirements and appears well built. Originally, the cost of the headquarters building was $48.7 million, and it was to be completed in about 18 months. However, there were problems with the contract from the […]
In a major new exposé, The Intercept has revealed that the Justice Department is investigating Blackwater founder Erik Prince for possible money laundering, ties to Chinese intelligence, and attempts to broker military services to foreign governments. Prince is currently the chairman of Frontier Services Group, an aviation and logistics firm specializing in shipping in Africa. […]