SOS International LLC, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $40,048,828 contract for base life support, Besmaya Compound, Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 1, 2017. One bid was solicited with one received. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $13,333,918 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting […]
As the Iraq crisis deepens, some commentators have taken to inaccurately comparing it to the situation in Afghanistan. Predictions have been made that, a few years after the withdrawal of international forces, Afghan security forces would crumble in the face of the insurgency and the Taliban would retake most of the southern and eastern provinces. […]
According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $160,219,917 for operations and maintenance support to communications equipment and information systems, Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, 160th Signal Brigade and subordinate units, Southwest Asia Theater. Work will be performed in Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, […]
WASHINGTON — 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 […]
Over the last 10 years, the Iraqi government has committed to purchasing several billion dollars’ worth of U.S. military equipment. Since the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, more than a dozen large U.S. defense firms have deployed personnel and equipment to support these programs. According to the Department of Defense […]