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26.07.17

Privatised War

Company accused of "overbilling" Pentagon's biggest foreign food supplier

Dubai-based company Anham was once accused by SIGIR, the US military spending watchdog, of billing $900 for a circuit breaker.

06.10.16

Privatised War

Revealed: The British firms paid $60 billion by the Pentagon under President Obama

Between 2009 and the end of 2015, total spending by the Department of Defense on goods and services from the private sector at large was more than $2.3 trillion.

03.10.16

Privatised War

Private contractors fighting Pentagon’s online war against Islamic State

An official says the Pentagon's “robust online program” operates using “truthful information directed toward regional audiences to combat ISIL’s (Islamic State’s) lies and deception.”

19.01.16

Privatised War

Baghdad kidnappings: Were American civilians working for US defence giant?

Two of three missing US civilians kidnapped by Shiite militia forces in Baghdad at the weekend are believed to have been working for General Dynamics on a “critical” multimillion dollar deal in Iraq.

30.07.15

Privatised War

Reaping the rewards: How private sector is cashing in on Pentagon’s ‘insatiable demand’ for drone war intelligence

Concerns over increasing use of private contractors by US Air Force to help monitor and analyse intelligence from Pentagon drone operations

30.07.15

Privatised War

Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars

How the US Air Force is using private sector companies to help analyse ‘insatiable demand’ for drone war video intelligence

30.07.15

Privatised War

Identifying the companies involved in Pentagon drone operations: The contracts, how we got the data

Using computational journalism to analyse contractors involved in Pentagon drone operations

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