“Gold standard” Australian security staff will have to cop a 60 per cent pay cut to keep their jobs protecting Australian diplomats in one of the world’s most dangerous cities — Kabul in Afghanistan. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) last week awarded a three-year contract to British firm Aegis Defence Services — […]
DynCorp International LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, protests the award of a task order to Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. (KBR), of Houston, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1J-14-R-0086, which was issued by the Department of the Army under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP IV) contract, for support services for U.S. […]
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) —In an important symbol of enduring friendship with Zimbabwe, U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe D. Bruce Wharton, alongside local officials, broke ground today on the new U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe. The new Embassy will be located on a 16-acre site in the Bluff Hill Township area, approximately 6.2 miles […]
Private Military Contractors (PMC), or private military or a security company, provides military and armed security services. These combatants are commonly known as mercenaries, though modern-day PMCs euphemistically prefer to refer to their staff as security contractors or private military contractors. The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of governmental, […]
The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's growing effort to beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government, a senior U.S. official said. How many contractors will deploy to Iraq - beyond the roughly 1,800 now working there for the U.S. […]