The Army Corps of Engineers freed DynCorp International Inc., one of the largest U.S. contractors in Afghanistan, of responsibility for construction at an Afghan Army garrison even though long-standing deficiencies remain, according to an inspector general’s report. In a 2010 audit, Pentagon inspectors identified failings at the camp in northern Afghanistan that included “poor site […]
KABUL - In the spirit of collaboration with the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF), an initiative of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Supreme Group has agreed to support a “proof of concept” convoy to lead the way for the transition of security services from private entities to the Ministry of Interior-controlled APPF. This inaugural […]
On Thursday October 11, 2012-Kellogg, Brown, and Root - KBR announced that it was selected as one of the prime contractors on the Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise EAGLE program issued by the U.S. Army Materiel Command. The EAGLE program enables contractors to provide maintenance operations, supply operations and transportation services at multiple Army locations. The EAGLE program has […]
CONTRACTOR SUPPORT OF U.S. OPERATIONS IN THE USCENTCOM AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY TO INCLUDE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN BACKGROUND: This update reports DoD contractor personnel numbers in theater and outlines DoD efforts to improve management of contractors accompanying U.S. forces. It covers DoD contractor personnel deployed in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Iraq, and the U.S. Central Command […]
U.S. DoD Spending Trends FY 2012-2013 FY 2012 In FY2012, (fiscal year starting October 1, 2011) the DoD was projected to spend a total of $645.7 billion dollars (discretionary). Of this amount, $530.6 billion is Base Request and $115.1 billion is for Overseas Contingency Operations (used to be called Global War on Terror). In the […]
