The following is a list of the Top 30 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Prime Contractors in FY 2012 ranked by the total amount of money awarded by DoD only. In fiscal 2012, the Department of Defense has so far awarded a total of $300.1 billion in defense contracts to over 20,000 contractors at home and […]
Department of Justice reported a former employee of a U.S. Army contractor and two former U.S. Army staff sergeants pleaded guilty today for their roles in a fraud scheme involving a contract to provide armored vehicles to the U.S. Military in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. […]
MAKS Inc. General Trading and Contracting Co. filed suit in U.S. District Court against EOD Technology, a firm based in Lenoir City that has done extensive work in Afghanistan and Iraq. In October, EODT announced a merger with a Virginia firm called Sterling International view post. While still based in Lenoir City, the company is […]
Top Obama administration officials want to keep around 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when formal combat ends in 2014, cementing a limited, long-term American military presence in the country if Kabul agrees, said senior U.S. officials. A post-2014 troop level of that size would represent the midpoint of preliminary recommendations by Gen. John Allen, the […]
The Obama administration is continuing to pursue an agreement with the Iraqi government that would give U.S. defense contractors remaining there beyond 2012 immunity from Iraqi law. While the approximately 17,000 diplomats and service members working for the State Department are shielded by diplomatic immunity from prosecution under Iraqi law, the thousands of private contractors and mercenaries […]
