A former Army contractor in Iraq who helped to steal and sell more than $2.6 million in U.S. military property must serve nearly four years in prison. Stacey B. Hines pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and to theft of government property. Hines, of Lacey, Washington, was employed by Raytheon and assigned […]
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 […]