Erik Prince, founder of the private military company Blackwater, is once again attempting to gain a foothold in Ukraine’s defense sector — this time by targeting the country’s growing drone manufacturing industry.
Mission Essential, a major defense and intelligence contractor, has merged with tech innovator Ghostdog Inc. to form a new parent company known as The Mission Group. The merger was finalized on August 4, 2025, marking a strategic push to blend field-tested operations with cutting-edge artificial intelligence and data platforms.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad remains one of America’s largest and most symbolic overseas missions — and once again, it finds itself under pressure. In June 2025, the State Department ordered a partial evacuation, pulling non-essential personnel out of Iraq as regional tensions escalated. The move underscored what many contractors and analysts already knew: while […]
In a landmark decision nearly two decades after the infamous Abu Ghraib prison scandal, a U.S. federal jury has awarded $42 million to three Iraqi men who endured torture and abuse at the hands of American personnel and contractors. The verdict holds CACI Premier Technology, Inc., a defense contractor, liable for conspiring in the mistreatment […]
Maritime piracy is making an unwelcome comeback in 2025. The International Maritime Bureau recorded a 50% surge in global incidents during the first half of the year, driven largely by armed robberies in Southeast Asia’s congested Singapore Strait.