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Interview with KBR’s Bill Bodie
Defense contractors are seeing change on a variety of fronts. Topping the list is a shift from combat support in the Middle East to longer-term sustainment solutions. That’s no easy task given the current slew of challenges: an increase in oversight and fixed price competitions, plus a decrease in smaller contract values. For an inside look at how one defense contractor is shaping its military footprint to stay relevant, ExecutiveBiz recently spoke with Bill Bodie, interim president of Government and Infrastructure for KBR.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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With U.S. Forces in Iraq Beginning to Leave, Need for Private Guards Grows
As the United States withdraws its combat forces from Iraq, the government is hiring more private guards to protect U.S. installations at a cost that could near $1 billion, according to the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. On Sept. 1, the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) awarded contracts expected to be worth $485 million over the next two years to five firms to provide security and patrol services to U.S. bases in Iraq.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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Iraq: Security contractors fall on harder times
The private security business in Iraq is in a vice-like crush. The goldrush that began with the conflict in 2003 is drying up. Contracts are not as lucrative, the trend is towards employing Iraqis instead of Westerners.
Monday, September 7, 2009
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Afghanistan Contractors Outnumber Troops
Even as U.S. troops surge to new highs in Afghanistan they are outnumbered by military contractors working alongside them, according to a Defense Department census due to be distributed to Congress -- illustrating how hard it is for the U.S. to wean itself from the large numbers of war-zone contractors that proved controversial in Iraq.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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U.S. security firms vie for Mexican drug war work
As Mexico battles to keep a lid on raging drug war violence, U.S. companies are fighting over millions of dollars in contracts for military equipment and training under a long-promised U.S aid package. Private U.S. security firms will get the bulk of a $1.4 billion package pledged by the United States in 2007. Only a fraction of the aid has been delivered so far.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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Dems Target War Zone Support Contracts
Alarmed by the increasing use of contractors to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Democrats in the House of Representatives are demanding that the military shift more of the lucrative work handled by U.S. companies to the Iraqis and Afghanis.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
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CIA is dropping contract help
CIA Director Leon Panetta yesterday told employees of the spy agency that private contractors will no longer be permitted to interrogate suspected terrorists and that the agency will close down what remains of its secret network of detention centers.
Friday, April 10, 2009
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Pentagon to hire thousands of employees, cut contractors
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended major changes in the Pentagon's procurement priorities and acquisition practices, and said the department would scale back significantly the role of contractors in support services.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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U.S. Moves to Replace Contractors in Iraq
In a commandwide directive issued Jan. 31, Gen. Ray Odierno, the U.S. commander in Iraq, ordered all military units to start cutting U.S. contractors at a target rate of 5 percent each quarter and to hire more Iraqis to do their jobs. "As we transition more responsibility and control to the government of Iraq, it's time to make this change," he added.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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A drawdown of contractors in Iraq
American troops have a silent partner in Iraq: Tens of thousands of contractors who support their mission in unsung but critical ways, serving food, providing security, and cleaning bathrooms. But as President Obama reduces the American military presence there over the next year-and-a-half, US commanders face the challenge of weaning themselves off the contractors' services and sending them home.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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Dogs of War: Slippery slope
If anything about the private military contracting industry is certain, it is that it will continue to grow in the future. And that raises an interesting question: What impact will the continuing and growing dependence on private contractors have on the U.S. military establishment?
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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U.S. Construction in Afghanistan Sign of Long Commitment
The Army is building $1.1 billion worth of military bases and other facilities in Afghanistan and is planning to start an additional $1.3 billion in projects this year, according to Col. Thomas E. O'Donovan, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan District.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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US pull-back from Iraq will hit private contractors
In Iraq, tens of thousands of private contractors from poor countries like Nepal, Pakistan or Peru keep the U.S. military on its feet, driving trucks, scrubbing floors, and ladling out food at sprawling U.S. bases. But the role of Iraq's multi-billion-dollar contracting business will change next year as Washington draws down troop levels and Iraq assumes control for maintaining a fragile calm.
Friday, January 2, 2009
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Dogs of War: The humanitarianism market
Where are the future markets for private security contractors? In recent years, thanks to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, their clients have been primarily governments or contractors doing reconstruction work. But the Iraq security bubble, valued at $6 billion to $22 billion in 2005, won't last forever, and the future may find contractors working for a very different kind of client, namely bleeding heart humanitarians.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
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PSC prospects in Darfur
With the international community slow to react to the conflict in Darfur, private security companies weigh their options for entering the region.
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