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U.S. Navy, Quad partners move to ‘fingerprint’ dark fleets in the Pacific with Vantor’s AI
U.S. Navy, Quad partners move to ‘fingerprint’ dark fleets in the Pacific with Vantor’s AI DefenseScoop got new details on Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific’s recent contract award to the company… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
PMSC Daily Digest — 5 September 2026
PMSC Daily Digest — 5 September 2026 U.S. Eastern Time The strongest developments today are GardaWorld’s $382.3 million ICE transportation award, the UN’s findings on foreign military contractors in Sudan, and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
ICE Is Building the Future of Immigration Enforcement
Op-Ed: ICE Is Building the Future of Immigration Enforcement From child-tracking contracts to government-owned prisons, ICE is creating infrastructure designed to outlast the current administration. Em Knepp Sep 04, 2026 usicegov,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Amentum Selected for Projects to Upgrade and Protect the UK Energy Grid
Amentum Selected for Projects to Upgrade and Protect the UK Energy Grid September 1, 2026 Download (opens in new window) Company to Deliver Digital and Cybersecurity Solutions to Boost Grid Resilience… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Haiti, Erik Prince, and the Cost of Privatized Security
Scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the U.S. a more responsible global partner. American businessman and investor, Erik Prince (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Haiti, Erik Prince, and the Cost of Privatized… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Textron wins Navy task orders for drone ISR services to support 7th Fleet, other forces
Textron wins Navy task orders for drone ISR services to support 7th Fleet, other forces Textron plans to provide its Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system for its… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
ICE Just Tripled What It Pays Private Firms To Hunt Down Immigrants
ICE Just Tripled What It Pays Private Firms To Hunt Down Immigrants New contracting records show a $57.1 million jump in payments to the 14 private firms ICE pays to locate… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Seasats Lands $24 Million in USV Contracts for National Security Customers in One Month
Seasats Lands $24 Million in USV Contracts for National Security Customers in One Month News provided by Seasats Sep 04, 2026, 10:00 ET Committed orders include USV procurement and Robot-as-a-Service contracts… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
PMSC Daily Digest: 4 September 2026 — U.S. Eastern Time
PMSC Daily Digest 4 September 2026 — U.S. Eastern Time Scope: armed/private security, defense support, private intelligence, cyber/OSINT, maritime security, logistics, detention/border contracting, surveillance/security technology, corporate ownership/compliance. I also checked the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Erik Prince: Corporate Network, Business Failures & Scandals
Running beneath all three eras is a single structural pattern this dossier treats as its central finding: Prince’s economic control has become progressively harder to see on paper even as his operational role has remained continuous. Blackwater was undisguised — Prince’s name was on the door. FSG substituted a public-company shareholding and subsidiary structure. Project Opus substituted associates, management agreements and, critically, a security pledge: the UN Panel found that 100% of Malta company PBM Limited’s shares had been pledged by its nominal owner to Phalanx Holding Company LLC, a Delaware entity the Panel identifies as Prince-controlled — and that Prince personally signed the document terminating that pledge in July 2020. The Panel concluded this arrangement made Prince, “in effect,” PBM’s beneficial owner despite holding no shares in it directly. That is the strongest documented evidence that formal share registries have understated Prince’s economic interest in his network at various points, Continue reading