Russian President Vladimir Putin has laid out an ultimatum, demanding that Ukraine dissolve military formations. Kyiv ...

The company G4S Global, for example, had roughly 530,000 employees in 2011. Today, G4S Global reports a global workforce of approximately 800,000 people and revenues of about $20 billion.

They sought to replicate Blackwater’s role in Iraq, safeguarding China’s Belt and Road initiative against criminal and militant violence. In doing so, they also sought to benefit from the newfound ...

As part of its Fulcrum IT advancement strategy, DOD launched a modernization program to move to private 5G networks on ...

Private military companies have a controversial but important role to play in global security. These contractors are independent businesses that offer specialized military services related to war ...

RACZ: The Wagner Group is formally a private military company operated by an ex-officer of Russia's intelligence services, Mr. Dmitry Utkin.

MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Ramzan Kadyrov, the ally of President Vladimir Putin who leads Chechnya, said on Sunday that he one day planned to set up his own private military company in the style ...

Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the private military force, said he would not comply with an order that would require it to sign a formal contract with Russia’s defense ministry by July 1.

And in 2020, he pitched a $10 billion plan for buying into Ukraine’s military industrial complex and hiring Ukraine’s combat veterans into a private military company.

In describing the Wagner Private Military Company forces fighting in Ukraine, some Western commentators have used the term “mercenaries,” while others have preferred “penal battalions.” Neither term ...

In 1996, Congress gave DOD the authority to obtain private financing and management to repair, renovate, build, and operate military housing. Today, private companies are responsible for nearly 99 ...