List of private military contractors

The following is a list of notable private military contractors and companies.

Africa

South African companies

  • Executive Outcomes, (ceased operations on January 1, 1999; apparently restarted operations in November 2020)[1][2][3]

Americas

Peruvian companies

  • Defion Internacional

US companies

Name HQ Portfolio Notes
AirScan Titusville, FL US Department of Defense, United States Air Force, and a number of private companies
Academi McLean, VA Consulting. Formerly known as Blackwater and Xe and it is part of the Constellis Group.
American International Security Corp Woburn, MA Dissolved
Custer Battles McLean, VA Iraq and oil sector (at present, have ceased operations in Iraq) Dissolved
Jorge Scientific Corporation Arlington, VA Consulting
KBR Houston, TX Formerly a Division of Halliburton
MAG Aerospace Fairfax, VA
MPRI, Inc. Alexandria, VA
MVM, Inc. Vienna, VA CIA and NSA contractor
Northbridge Services Group Lexington, KY Advisory, Training, Operational Support, etc.
Northrop Grumman Falls Church, VA
Raytheon Arlington, VA
Titan Corporation San Diego, CA Sold to L3 Communications in 2005
Triple Canopy Herndon, VA South America, Iraq, Syria It is part of the Constellis Group.
Vinnell Corporation Fairfax, VA Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq

Asia

Turkish companies

Europe

French companies

German companies

Greek companies

  • Genessol, Greek International Security Group - Training Center

Gibraltar companies

  • STTEP, registered in Gibraltar, mainly uses former SANDF forces.

Polish companies

Russian companies

Spanish companies

UK companies

Name HQ Portfolio Notes
Aegis Defence Services London Iraq, Afghanistan, and others Contracted by the U.S. department of Defense during the most recent War in Iraq.
Aegis Defence Services Ltd was acquired by GardaWorld International Protective Services.[5]
Erinys International Dubai A joint South African-British private security company registered in the British Virgin Islands.
G4S[6][7] London
Rubicon International Services London Ex commonwealth SF. Acquired by Aegis Defence Services on 28 October 2005.
International Intelligence Limited Eastington, Stroud Specialist contracts. Operates in the security and intelligence sectors.
Sandline International London Ceased operations on April 16, 2004

Oceania

Australian companies

See also

References

  1. ^ Mirror of Executive Outcomes' official website in 1998, from archive. org. Accessed January 2012.
  2. ^ Eeben Barlow's autobiography: Executive Outcomes – Against all Odds. Archived 2007-12-29 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 2012.
  3. ^ Esau (i_esau), Iain (2020-12-03). "Africa awaits: Mercenary outfit Executive Outcomes is reborn | Upstream Online". Upstream Online | Latest oil and gas news. Archived from the original on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  4. ^ "#2 Le marché français des ESSD : quelle évolution à terme ? — RNMPS". Rendre notre monde plus sûr (in French). 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  5. ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (April 23, 2009). "Foreign Office to propose self-regulation for private military firms". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  6. ^ "G4S hit by new scandal over immigration detention centre: Private companies should not be doing this sort of work". The Independent. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Torture victims were wrongly imprisoned in UK, high court rules". The Guardian. 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.