You Searched For "defense contractors" and got 20 results
Sort By:
9 mins read
20 members of Congress personally invest in top weapons contractors that'll profit from the just-passed $40 billion Ukraine aid package
War is "big business to our leaders," says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of 20 lawmakers Insider…
Kimberly Leonard
1 min read
The Pentagon spent $14 trillion after 9/11. Up to half of it went to for-profit defense contractors.
The US military budget grew by more than 10% the first year after 9/11, according to a new study fr…
Madison Hall,John Haltiwanger
3 mins read
A Democratic lawmaker bought 31 different stocks including shares of defense contractor Raytheon — the day Russia invaded Ukraine. His office blamed a 'miscommunication' with financial advisors.
Congress on Thursday will debate whether to ban federal lawmakers from buying and selling stocks al…
Dave Levinthal
2 mins read
An American contractor suffered a heart attack and died as rockets rained down on a base hosting US troops in Iraq
The Pentagon said Wednesday that a US civilian contractor died of a "cardiac episode" while taking …
Ryan Pickrell
3 mins read
The Biden administration is looking for contractors and guards for a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay - stirring outrage in lawmakers and advocates
"Sending Haitian migrants to Guantanamo Bay was a mistake in the 1990s and would be a mistake now,"…
Azmi Haroun
1 min read
The Pentagon is asking 2.9 million service members and contractors to come forward if they have symptoms of the mysterious 'Havana Syndrome'
More than 200 Americans around the world have been affected by the mysterious syndrome, and theorie…
Sinéad Baker
2 mins read
Guards for the UK embassy in Kabul were told they are ineligible for British protection because they were outsourced from a contractor: report
More than 100 guards for the UK embassy in Kabul say they were told they are ineligible for British…
Matthew Loh
4 mins read
Russian jets, some flown by Wagner mercenaries, are making risky attacks to test Ukraine's defenses around Bakhmut
Russia's "airpower is kind of playing in the margins but looking for ways to push itself into the f…
Michael Peck
1 min read
Chinese spy balloon and wave of UFOs lift defense stocks as US military spots more aerial incursions
Over the weekend, the US also brought down three UFOs that crossed into North American airspace.
Filip De Mott
3 mins read
TikTok viewers rush to support a DoorDash contractor who got kicked off the app for confronting a customer who falsely claimed her order never arrived
Commenters are fuming over the decision, even though DoorDash confirmed the woman with the fraudule…
Geoff Weiss
5 mins read
At Trump Org, a 'generous,' 'forgiving' Trump reigned over thankful executives, the defense theory claims
Every day was Thanksgiving at the Trump Organization, where Trump reigned with forgiveness and gene…
Laura Italiano
3 mins read
Contractors working on Trump's border wall illegally smuggled in armed Mexican guards to protect construction sites, whistleblower complaint says
The complaint accused two companies building the wall in San Diego of hiring "unvetted" Mexican gua…
Mia Jankowicz
2 mins read
A key air defense system wasn't working right when a drone killed an American in Syria, pushing the US to retaliate with force
The Pentagon said the one-way unmanned aerial vehicle that hit a coalition base is suspected to be …
Jake Epstein
1 min read
A former Air Force contractor pleaded guilty to illegally taking 2,500 pages of classified documents home despite going through safeguard training
Fairborn police found the classified documents during a search for a "marijuana growing facility," …
Bre'Anna Grant
3 mins read
A former Blackwater contractor pardoned by Trump said he 'acted correctly' and feels at 'peace' for his role in death of 14 Iraqi civilians
In an Associated Press interview, Evan Liberty showed little remorse for his role in the 2007 Baghd…
Connor Perrett
3 mins read
Defense-spending hawks see an opportunity in Russia's war on Ukraine
Opinion: If US military spending increases, the only real winners will be defense firms and those w…
Dan Grazier
4 mins read
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes plans to testify at his seditious conspiracy trial, his defense lawyer says
The trial of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four members of the group is "one of the most …
C. Ryan Barber
2 mins read
Jen Psaki says Blackwater founder Erik Prince is soulless for charging $6,500 for Kabul evacuation flight
Prince, a Trump ally and founder Blackwater Worldwide, said he'll charge extra to transport passeng…
Eliza Relman
2 mins read
Federal government contractor fined $56,000 for making an illegal contribution to a prominent conservative super PAC
The FEC, which often deadlocks, has nevertheless penalized several government contractors in recent…
Madison Hall
4 mins read
Defending the defense industrial base from cyberattacks requires more cooperation with industry
More than 220,000 companies support the Pentagon's force development, and they face increasingly so…