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Blackwater founder Erik Prince creates air defence venture with Kyiv
Erik Prince, the founder of the private military contractor Blackwater—which operates today under the name Academi—has established a new enterprise, Vectus Air Defense Systems, that applies a paid subscription model to its air defence systems.
According to a report by the Financial Times (FT), the new company will operate on an “air defence as a service” principle based on software subscriptions. Under multi-year contracts, it will design, install, and maintain multi-layered air defence systems.
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PRIVATE EQUITY & THE PMSC INDUSTRY: From Guards-for-Hire to Integrated Military Capability Platforms, 1990–2050
The private military and security contracting (PMSC) industry is no longer well described as a market for armed guards. Its contemporary form spans armed and expeditionary security, military logistics, aviation support, intelligence, cyber operations, training, engineering, and government mission support. Private equity (PE) has been one of the principal forces behind that broadening. Through leveraged buyouts, platform acquisitions, roll-ups, and recapitalizations, PE sponsors have converted what were once relatively narrow contractors into large, diversified government-services enterprises capable of selling states integrated packages of military and security capability.
This report ranks the private-equity firms most consequential to that transformation; examines six portfolio companies — Amentum, Peraton, ManTech, GardaWorld, Allied Universal/G4S, and Constellis — as six distinct models of PE-driven institutionalization; compiles a 50-entry database of PE–PMSC transactions; and projects the industry’s trajectory to 2050. Continue reading
Swarmer, Inc.: A Speculative Stock With A Broken Income Statement
The company produces and sells vendor-agnostic drone-swarm software to drone manufacturers, with a technology that is actually validated, as more than 100,000 combat missions flown on Swarmer OS in Ukraine since 2024.
However, this is where the bullish news end. TTM revenue is $297k, against a market capitalisation of $496M and an EV/Sales multiple of 1,581x (incredibly above the peer median of 21x). The company has no cash generation, with SG&A and share-based compensation expenses dominating the R&D expenses and the whole income statement. The company has no solid governance, with the founder that resigned as a CEO Global with no successor.
There are no fundamentals driving the share price, which should be trading around $5-6 per share. The stock is purely a speculative investment based on the premium a strategic acquirer would pay in a M&A transaction involving Swarmer.
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State health department asks judge to force GEO Group to allow a TB investigation while lawsuit moves ahead
Colorado took another legal step Thursday in its lawsuit against the GEO Group for the company’s failure to comply with a state public health order over a case of tuberculosis at its Aurora immigrant detention facility, confirmed in June. Continue reading
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts
Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Erik Prince Launches “Air Defense As a Service” Startup With Swarmer
Guess who’s back, back again? Erik’s back, tell a friend.That’s right, folks. Erik Prince is back like he never left. This morning, the completely uncontroversial mercenary launched his latest venture, coming out of stealth with a new startup called Vectus that’s pitching a unique “air defense as a service” model. Continue reading
UAE-funded mercenary targeted British activist in covert London operation, ITV reports
A mercenary working on behalf of the United Arab Emirates carried out a covert surveillance operation against prominent British Muslim activist Anas Altikriti in London, according to an investigation by ITV News. Continue reading
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Apple sends out warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks
Apple sends out warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks The company’s new support page tells recipients what they can do to protect their data. By Mariella Moon Aug. 14, 2026… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
HuaXin ZhongAn
HXZA occupies an unusual position among Chinese private security companies (PSCs): it holds a rare state authorization for armed escort of merchant vessels, is the only Chinese security firm holding ISO/PAS 28000/28007 private maritime-security certification, and was the first Chinese and first East Asian PSC to obtain full certification from the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), the Geneva-based body that sets voluntary human-rights and use-of-force standards for the private security industry. Continue reading
Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics
Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech. Continue reading
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