Blackwater is now known as Academi. How has Reynolds been linked? Reynolds' page on the sheriff's office website lists prior experience with the Department of State between 2005 and 2008 using the ...

The U.S. State Department has cleared a Blackwater USA security team in the killing of three Iraqi guards last Feb. 7, but a media network and other witnesses disagree with the government conclusion.

The security company that became so notorious for its violent scrapes in Iraq that it changed its name after being booted from the country now wants back in, rebranded with a new name meant to ...

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AAR Corp. is buying Aviation Worldwide Services, one of the units in the collection of companies owned by Xe Services, as Blackwater is now called.

The North Carolina-based company formerly known as Blackwater is facing a legal fight over its most recent name.The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., reported that a Texas sporting goods chain is ...

June 10, 2011 — -- A lawyer representing the families of Iraqi citizens killed by contractors from Blackwater Worldwide said a new videogame inspired by the company and bearing its name is ...

After a monthslong trial in 2014, a jury convicted the men in the deaths of 14 civilians and of injuring even more. A judge called the shootings an “overall wild thing” that cannot be condoned.

Private military companies thrive on war – an icy fact that could gut the now-booming industry when or if Iraq settles down. Katrina offered Blackwater a chance to diversify into natural disasters.