1.
Man accidentally shoots self at gun show
MARYVILLE, Tenn., June 21 (UPI) -- RELYANT LLC, a Tennessee firm providing strategic support services, won a contract to help with mine clearance and unexploded ordnance disposal in Afghanistan.
The company expects to hire 200 additional people to work in Afghanistan and at its headquarters as a result of the award, which is worth $49 million.
The contract, it said, has two 1-year renewal option periods following the initial 1-year base period.
The United Nations says there are more than 10 million land mines and other explosive items littering Afghanistan, many of them from the period of Soviet occupation in the 1980s and the guerrilla war against the Soviets.
"RELYANT's work under this contract will provide a safer environment for all stakeholders in the ongoing efforts to stabilize and rebuild the country," the company said.
Other RELYANT services in Afghanistan include insulating troops housing on bases, escorting third-country nationals, life-support services for troops, convoy and secure trucking of supplies and vehicle maintenance.
In addition to offices in Tennessee, the company has presences in Iraq and Uganda.
|
|
|
| Additional Security Industry Stories | |
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Beijing announced a series of measures aimed at reducing air pollution in the city, specifically targeting a reduction in readings of PM2.5, or fine particulate matter, in the air.
|
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A U.S. Defense Department award honoring large contracting firms that mentor small businesses is being given to DynCorp International.
|
With rental vacancy rates at their lowest levels in 10 years, a review of TransUnion's proprietary rental screening database found that rental prices remained about the same between the fourth quarters of 2010 and 2011....
|
Government officials are on the verge of an agreement worth as much as $26 billion with five major banks, capping a yearlong push to settle federal and state probes of alleged foreclosure abuses by lenders.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
