List of private military contractors

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

Africa

South African companies

See also: Private security industry in South Africa

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

Americas

Peruvian companies

• Defion Internacional

US companies

Main article: List of United States defense contractors

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 Triple Canopy.
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

China

• Frontier Services Group

Turkish companies

• SADAT International Defense Consultancy

Europe

French companies

• GEOS ^[4]

German companies

• Asgaard – German Security Group

Gibraltar companies

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

Polish companies

• European Security Academy

Russian companies

• E.N.O.T. Corp. (disbanded in 2019)
• Paladin PMC ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
• Patriot
• Redut (Nationalised in 2022)
• Slavonic Corps (disbanded in 2013)
• Wagner Group (Nationalised in November 2023)

Spanish companies

• UC Global

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. [10]
Erinys International	Dubai		A joint South African-British private security company registered in the British Virgin Islands.
G4S [11] [12]	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

• Paladin Group (security company)
• Unity Resources Group

See also

• List of mercenaries
• List of private security companies
• List of non-governmental paramilitary organisations
• List of designated terrorist groups

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. Motyl, Alexander (2024-08-22). "Another Russian mercenary leader has turned against Putin". The Hill . Retrieved 2024-08-22.
6. Tagtik (2024-08-14). "These Russians want to get rid of Putin". MSN.com . Archived from the original on 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
7. Varga, John (2024-08-16). "Russian commander revolts against Vladimir Putin and demands coup over Ukraine failure". Daily Express . Archived from the original on 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
8. RADAR (2024-08-17). "Russian Commander Revolts Against Vladimir Putin, Calls For A Coup". Radar Online . Archived from the original on 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
9. Hodgkin, Emily; Varga, John (2024-08-17). "Vladimir Putin faces coup over Ukraine failure as Russia teeters on 'brink of disaster'". Irish Daily Star . Archived from the original on 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
10. 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.
11. "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.
12. "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.