DynCorp

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California Eastern Aviation was incorporated in Delaware on January 14, 1946. It operated as a common carrier from then until 1948, flying freight between east and west coasts, one of the largest domestic freight operators of the time. Unfortunately, this was not profitable, and the company entered bankruptcy in May 1948, ceasing common carrier activities and leasing out its aircraft instead, which enabled it to exit bankruptcy in 1950. It then became an uncertificated carrier, flying for the US military. During the 1950s its California Eastern Airways division supported the Korean War, the DEW Line, US activities in the Philippines, French Indochina and maintained personnel in Tokyo, Hawaii, Wake Island, one of the largest such operators.{{sfn|Certification|1959|p=335–339}} The airline flew both Douglas DC-4s{{cite web|url=http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac3/Non-skeds/California%20Eastern%20Airways%20DC-4.html|website=www.edcoatescollection.com|title=California Eastern Airways Douglas DC-4 N1437V|publisher=Ed Coates Collection|language=en|access-date=15 August 2024}} and Lockheed Constellations.{{cite web|url=http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac3/Non-skeds/California%20Eastern%20Lockheed%20L-1049H.html|website=www.edcoatescollection.com|title=California Eastern Aviation Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N6532C|publisher=Ed Coates Collection|language=en|access-date=15 August 2024}} In 1959, the carrier received interim certification as a supplemental air carrier at which time it had two divisions (the airline operation and Flight Training) and two subsidiaries, Land-Air and Air Carrier Service Corp.{{cite journal|journal=Civil Aeronautics Board Reports|volume=28|publisher=U.S. General Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|pages=242–502|date=December 1958 – February 1959|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437011657877?urlappend=%3Bseq=250%3Bownerid=107302274-254|hdl=2027/osu.32437011657877|hdl-access=free |title=Large Irregular Air Carrier Investigation|ref={{sfnref|Certification|1959}}}} Land-Air held contracts performing instrumentation and R&D activities at White Sands Missile Range.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/84870088 Land-Air Instrumentation Collects Much Missile Data, Alamogordo Daily News, 22 July 1956] In 1960, California Eastern sold its airline operations to President Airlines.{{cite journal|journal=Civil Aeronautics Board Reports|volume=31|publisher=U.S. General Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|pages=965–970|date=May–September 1960|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437011657679?urlappend=%3Bseq=997%3Bownerid=107305065-1001|hdl=2027/osu.32437011657679|hdl-access=free |title=California Eastern, Certificate Transfer}}

DynCorp traces its origins from two companies formed in 1946: California Eastern Airways (CEA), an air freight business, and Land-Air Inc., an aircraft maintenance company.McCarthy, Glenda. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-14-fi-csc14-story.html Computer Sciences to Buy DynCorp]. Los Angeles Times. December 14, 2002. California Eastern Airways was founded by a small group of returning World War II pilots who wanted to break into the air cargo business.Baum, Dan. [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/gunhire.html This Gun For Hire]. Wired. February 2003. They were one of the first firms to ship cargo by air, and within a year, the firm was serving both coasts.Merle, Renae. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160105141836/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-396108.html Computer Sciences Plans to Acquire DynCorp]. The Washington Post. December 14, 2002.{{cite journal | author = FU Staff [Pederson, Jay P. (Ed.)] | date = 2002 | title = DynCorp History | website = FundingUniverse.com | url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/DynCorp-company-History.html | access-date= February 27, 2017}} This information is derived from the following source: {{cite book | author = Pederson, Jay P. (Ed.) | date = 2002 | title = International Directory of Company Histories | chapter = DynCorp | volume = 45 | series = IDCH, Gale Reference Library (Derdak, Thomas, series ed.) | location = Farmington Hills, MI | publisher = Gale/St. James Press | isbn = 1558624635 | issn = 1557-0126 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1558624635 | access-date= February 27, 2017}} Note, this compilation reports, to a significant degree, information self-reported by the company, and so constitutes information not strictly third-party in nature. California Eastern Airways diversified into multiple government aviation and managerial jobs, airlifted supplies for the Korean War, and was responsible for the White Sands Missile Range (a client that DynCorp has retained for 50 years).

In 1951 Land-Air Inc., which implemented the first Contract Field Teams (teams of technicians that maintained military aircraft for the United States Air Force), was bought by California Eastern Aviation Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/overview.aspx|title=DynCorp International|work=dyn-intl.com|access-date=26 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116011207/http://www.dyn-intl.com/overview.aspx|archive-date=16 January 2012}} DynCorp still holds the contract 50 years later, maintaining rotary and fixed-wing aircraft for all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. At this time, revenues for the company reached $6 million.

In 1952 the company, renamed California Eastern Aviation, Inc., merged with Air Carrier Service Corporation (AIRCAR), which sold commercial aircraft and spare parts to foreign airlines and governments.

By 1961 California Eastern Aviation needed a new name to reflect the growing and diversifying company. The name "Dynalectron Corporation" was selected from 5,000 employee suggestions. In 1976 Dynalectron established headquarters in McLean, Virginia.[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/20/archives/fuel-hopes-spur-dynalectron-work-begun-on-process-in-1963.html Fuel Hopes Spur Dynalectron; Work Begun on Process in 1963]. The New York Times. June 20, 1979. Due to its growing size, the company restructured into four main operating groups: Specialty Contracting, Energy, Government Services, and Aviation Services. In the 30 years since the foundation of CEA, Dynalectron had acquired 19 companies in 30 years, had assets of $88 million, maintained a backlog of $250 million, employed 7,000, and had annual sales of $300 million.

In 1964 Dynalectron diversified into the energy services business with the acquisition of Hydrocarbon Research, Inc.[https://archive.today/20120715081248/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/djreprints/access/107784331.html?dids=107784331:107784331&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+13,+1963&author=&pub=Wall+Street+Journal&desc=Dynalectron+Seeks+to+Buy+Hydrocarbon+Research+Stock&pqatl=google Dynalectron Seeks to Buy Hydrocarbon Research Stock]. The Wall Street Journal. September 13, 1963. Through this acquisition Dynalectron developed a process called H-Coal, which converted coal into synthetic liquid fuels.Jones, William H. (July 12, 1978). "Dynalectron Has An Oil Answer; New Process For Coal Conversion." The Washington Post. The work began to attract national attention with the Arab Oil Embargos of the 1970s.[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/20/archives/fuel-hopes-spur-dynalectron-work-begun-on-process-in-1963.html Fuel Hopes Spur Dynalectron; Work Begun on Process in 1963]. The New York Times. June 20, 1979. "The current petroleum shortfall and renewed interest in synthetic fuels have made the stock of Dynalectron, a small suburban Washington concern with a coal-to-oil process, one of the hottest issues on the American Stock Exchange." By the early 1980s Texaco, Ruhrkohle and Itochu were all marketing Dynalectron's H-Oil process."Texaco to Buy Dynalectron Oil Process; Texaco Plans 50% Purchase Of Dynalectron Oil Process." The Washington Post. January 14, 1981."Dynalectron to Study Plan For Chinese Synfuel Plant." The Washington Post. December 25, 1981.

Between 1976 and 1981 the company had two public stock offerings and acquired another 14 companies.Leibovich, Mark. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160105141837/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-671096.html DynCorp Letter May Offer . . . a Hint]. The Washington Post. August 4, 1988. By 1986 Dynaelectron was one of the largest defense contractors in North America.

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In 1987 Dynalectron changed its name to DynCorp.{{Cite news |title=Investor group withdraws Dyncorp buyout offer |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/07/Investor-group-withdraws-Dyncorp-buyout-offer/6712560577600/ |date=1987-10-07 |access-date=2023-12-28 |work=United Press International}} In 1988 DynCorp went private to avoid a hostile takeover by Miami financier Victor Posner, via an employee initiative led by Daniel R. Bannister.{{Cite news |title=Bannister Bid Is Accepted By DynCorp |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/01/20/bannister-bid-is-accepted-by-dyncorp/cacfe455-08a7-4410-80a5-81dc423cf579/ |last=Tucker |first=Elizabeth |date=1988-01-20 |pages=F1–F2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229003100/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/01/20/bannister-bid-is-accepted-by-dyncorp/cacfe455-08a7-4410-80a5-81dc423cf579/ |archive-date=2023-12-29 |access-date=2023-12-28 |url-status=live |department=Business |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Bannister, as T. Rees Shapiro wrote in his 2011 obituary, "was paid $1.65 an hour when he joined DynCorp as an electronics technician in 1953," rising to serve as its president and CEO (1985 to 1997).{{cite news | author = Shapiro, T. Rees | date = March 15, 2011 | title = Daniel R. Bannister, Former President of DynCorp, Dies at 80 | newspaper = The Washington Post | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/daniel-r-bannister-former-president-of-dyncorp-dies-at-80/2011/03/15/ABYVl9a_story.html | access-date = February 25, 2017 }}

In 1994 DynCorp's revenues were approximately $1 billion.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} In 1997, DynCorp partnered with British company Porton International to form DynPort Vaccine Group.{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Bill |date=2002 |title=A Biodefense Boondoggle |url=http://www.motherjones.com//news/outfront/2002/01/biodefense.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129154849/http://www.motherjones.com//news/outfront/2002/01/biodefense.html |archive-date=2005-11-29 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Mother Jones}}{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Robert B. |date=2004-03-30 |title=Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. Launches New Biodefense Business Initiative |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042418/000119312504053263/dex991.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230320195208/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042418/000119312504053263/dex991.htm |archive-date=2023-03-20 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Securities and Exchange Commission}} That same year, DynPort was contracted by the Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program (JVAP) of the United States Department of Defense to manufacture 300,000 doses of a new smallpox vaccine for the military.{{Cite journal |last1=Cohen |first1=Jon |last2=Marshall |first2=Eliot |date=2001-10-19 |title=Vaccines for Biodefense: A System in Distress |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.294.5542.498 |journal=Science |volume=294 |issue=5542 |pages=498–501 |doi=10.1126/science.294.5542.498 |pmid=11641476 |s2cid=70580908 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}

By the time of his retirement in 2003, Shapiro notes that Bannister "oversaw the acquisition of more than 40 companies… [and] was credited with helping to mold… an aviation services company into a sprawling conglomerate that employed 24,000 people and earned $2.4 billion in annual revenue." As well he "oversaw DynCorp contracts to operate missile test ranges for the Defense Department, develop vaccines for the National Institutes of Health and install security systems in U.S. embassies for the State Department." Shapiro notes that during Bannister's tenure Dyncorp had also "supplied bodyguards to Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide in the 1990s and to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the early 2000s."

With the reductions in military spending in the 1990s, DynCorp expanded their focus to the growing tech market. It bought 19 digital and network service firms and acquired contracts with the government's information technology (IT) departments. By 2003 roughly half of DynCorp's business came from managing the IT departments of the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, among others. In 1999 DynCorp moved its headquarters to Reston, Virginia.

In December 2000 DynCorp formed DynCorp International LLC, and transferred all its international business to this entity.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} DynCorp Technical Services LLC continued to perform DynCorp's domestic contracts.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

In March 2003 DynCorp and its subsidiaries were acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for approximately $914 million.{{cite web| url=http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=4BD38C8F-6D60-449D-901E-DD60A342337F| title=CSC Sells DynCorp Units for $850m| date=2004-12-14| publisher=Datamonitor ComputerWire| website=computerwire.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119031006/http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=4BD38C8F-6D60-449D-901E-DD60A342337F| archive-date=2008-01-19| url-status=dead| access-date=2017-08-22}} Less than two years later, CSC announced the sale of three DynCorp units (DynCorp International, DynMarine and certain DynCorp Technical Services contracts) to Veritas Capital Fund, LP for $850 million. After the sale, CSC retained the rights to the name "DynCorp" and the new company became DynCorp International.Merle, Renae. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62259-2004Dec13.html Computer Sciences Sells DynCorp Units]. The Washington Post. December 14, 2004.

In 2006 DynCorp International went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol

DCP.{{cite web|url=http://finance.google.com/finance?q=DCP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708142359/http://finance.google.com/finance?q=DCP |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |title=DCP |access-date=2012-01-21}}

On April 12, 2010, DynCorp International announced a conditional deal to be acquired by private equity investment firm Cerberus Capital Management for $17.55 per share ($1 billion).{{cite magazine |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-12/dyncorp-to-be-acquired-by-cerberus-for-1-5-billion-update1-.html |title=Cerberus Agrees to Acquire DynCorp in $1 Billion Deal (Update2) |magazine=Businessweek |access-date=2012-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615030637/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-12/dyncorp-to-be-acquired-by-cerberus-for-1-5-billion-update1-.html |archive-date=2010-06-15 }} The deal was agreed on 7 July 2010.{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/07/05/daily30.html | first=Jeff | last=Clabaugh | title=Cerberus completes DynCorp acquisition | date=2010-07-07}}

In December 2011 the company hired Michael Thibault, former co-chairman and commissioner of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (CWC), as vice president of government finance and compliance. Thibault worked for many years at the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), serving as deputy director from 1994 to 2005.Gordon, Neil. [http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2012/01/two-former-watchdogs-ring-in-the-new-year-on-the-other-side-of-the-revolving-door.html Two Former Watchdogs Ring in the New Year on the Other Side of the Revolving Door]. Pogo. January 5, 2011. In 2011 Dyncorp set a company record with 12,300 new hires, bringing the total number of employees to 27,000.Aitoro, Jill R.

[http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2012/01/dyncorp-hires-12300-during-2011.html DynCorp hires 12,300 during 2011]. Washington Business Journal. January 11, 2012.

On November 23, 2020, Amentum, a contractor supporting U.S. federal and allied governments, announced that it has closed the acquisition of DynCorp International (due to multiple human trafficking cases), a provider of sophisticated aviation, logistics, training, intelligence and operational solutions in over 30 countries worldwide. The combination has also created one of the largest providers of mission critical support services to government customers, with 34,000 team members in 105 countries around the world.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Amentum Closes DynCorp International Acquisition|url=https://www.amentum.com/2020/11/16/amentum-closes-dyncorp-acquisition/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Amentum|language=en-US}}

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DynCorp International provides aviation support to reduce the flow of illicit drugs, strengthen law enforcement, and eliminate terrorism.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10CEF2BBA14A4EF0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM DynCorp planning $450 million IPO]. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 29, 2005.[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,304538,00.html $1.2 Billion State Department-DynCorp Contract for Iraq Police Training in Disarray]. Fox News. October 23, 2007. Their air operations include the operation of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft on and around aircraft carriers for either combat or non-combat missions, aviation life support missions, and aerial/satellite imagery.[http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/DynCorp-International_1296.html DynCorp's aircraft carrier flight operations include preflight, launch and recovery operations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307190025/http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/DynCorp-International_1296.html |date=2012-03-07 }}. Rotor & Wing. January 1, 2006.Clabaugh, Jeff. [http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2011/08/17/dyncorp-wins-401m-andrews-afb-contract.html DynCorp wins $401M Andrews AFB contract]. Washington Business Journal. August 17, 2011. DynCorp was hired to strengthen the Afghan air force, helping to train Afghan pilots so they could, in turn, train other Afghans.Moody, R. Norman. [http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120202/NEWS01/302020045/Patrick-Air-Force-Base-aviators-train-Afghan-air-force?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News Patrick Air Force Base aviators to train Afghan air force] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408190748/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120202/NEWS01/302020045/Patrick-Air-Force-Base-aviators-train-Afghan-air-force?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News |date=2015-04-08 }}. Florida Today. February 2, 2012. They have also provided air operations support in Iraq, including search and rescue, medical evacuations, and transporting quick reaction forces.Ackerman, Spencer. [https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/iraq-diplomats-search-rescue/ U.S. Hiring Mercenary Air Force for Iraq Rescues]. Wired. November 14, 2011.Butterfield, Ethan. [http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2006/11/03/dyncorp-lands-450m-navy-contingency-services-deal.aspx DynCorp lands $450M Navy contingency services deal]. Washington Technology. November 3, 2006.

DynCorp International began as an aeronautical company in the 1950s and continues to provide aviation support globally. Aviation support including emergency response air programs,{{cite web|url=http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/fire_protection_air_program.php|title=CAL FIRE - Air Program|first=State of|last=California|work=ca.gov|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013252/http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/fire_protection_air_program.php|url-status=dead}} aircraft maintenance,[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/08/18/DynCorp-to-provide-services-at-Andrews/UPI-47031313664742/ DynCorp to provide services at Andrews]. UPI. August 18, 2011. theater aviation support management,[http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?n=DynCorp%20Awarded%20Up%20to%20$80M%20Contract%20for%20Support%20from%20U.S.%20Army&id=6190 DynCorp Awarded Up to $80M Contract for Support from U.S. Army]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. DefenseWorld. October 21, 2011. helicopter maintenance support,[http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?n=U.S%20awarded%20$17.2%20million%20contract%20to%20DynCorp%20to%20support%20the%20Royal%20Saudi%20helicopter%20fleet&id=4310 U.S awarded $17.2 million contract to DynCorp to support the Royal Saudi helicopter fleet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119034709/http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?n=U.S%20awarded%20%2417.2%20million%20contract%20to%20DynCorp%20to%20support%20the%20Royal%20Saudi%20helicopter%20fleet&id=4310 |date=November 19, 2011 }}. DefenseWorld. March 26, 2010. supportability and testing.Watson, Tim. [http://www.govconwire.com/2011/08/dyncorp-wins-potential-490m-contract-for-aviation-maintenance-logistics-support/ DynCorp Wins Potential $490M Contract for Aviation Maintenance, Logistics Support]. Govcon Wire. August 11, 2011.

In 2012 DynCorp played a key part in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's final flight as it made its way from the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando to the California Science Center in Los Angeles aboard NASA's specially crafted Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). The SCA was a uniquely configured Boeing 747-100 aircraft.{{cite journal | author = DynCorp Intl. [Livioco, Beatrice-Madonna] | date = September 17, 2012 | title = DynCorp International to Support Final Flight of NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour | website = Businesswire.com | format = press release | url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/mfrtech/20120917006349/en/DynCorp-International-Support-Final-Flight-NASA-Space | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121014223933/http://www.businesswire.com/news/mfrtech/20120917006349/en/DynCorp-International-Support-Final-Flight-NASA-Space | archive-date= October 14, 2012 }}{{better source needed|date=February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/09/dyncorp-team-to-help-nasa-fly-final-shuttle-endeavour-flight/|title=DynCorp Team to Help NASA Fly Final Shuttle Endeavour Flight|work=executivebiz.com|date=18 September 2012}} DynCorp mechanics worked with NASA and other support contractors performed maintenance and inspection services to the SCA. DynCorp's involvement in Endeavour's final flight was part of a contract NASA awarded to the company in April 2012 to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support at various locations throughout the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.avionics-intelligence.com/articles/2012/09/dyncorp-endeavor.html|title=DynCorp International supports final flight of NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour|author=Courtney Howard|work=avionics-intelligence.com|date=31 August 2023 }}

DynCorp has been working with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (known as CAL FIRE) to suppress and control wild land fire.[https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/23/idUS236185+23-Jul-2008+BW20080723 DynCorp International to Help Fight California Wildfires] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924134214/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/23/idUS236185+23-Jul-2008+BW20080723 |date=2015-09-24 }}. Reuters. July 23, 2008. DynCorp flies and maintains Grumman S-2 Tracker fire retardant air tankers and OV-10A aircraft, and maintains and services civilian UH-1H Super Huey helicopters flown by CAL FIRE pilots. Operating from across California, aircraft can reach most fires within 20 minutes.

DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance, fleet testing and evaluation for rotary, fixed, "lighter-than-air", and unmanned aircraft. Specifically, they provide on-site work for project testing, transient, loaner, leased and tested civilian aircraft services. DynCorp also performs supportability and safety studies as well as off-site aircraft safety and spill containment patrols and aircraft recovery services.[http://www.helihub.com/2011/08/12/dyncorp-awarded-490m-contract-for-aircraft-maintenance-work-at-pax-river/ DynCorp awarded $490M contract for aircraft maintenance work at Pax River]. HeliHub. August 12, 2011. DynCorp has received contracts for aircraft maintenance with the United States Navy, the U.S. Air Force,[http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?n=DynCorp%20International%20Awarded%20$93M%20Contract%20for%20Aircraft%20Maintenance%20Support%20from%20US%20Air%20Force&id=6961 DynCorp International Awarded $93M Contract for Aircraft Maintenance Support from US Air Force]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. DefenseWorld. May 23, 2012. the U.S. Army,[http://www.defenseworld.net/news/5345/DynCorp_International_Wins__105_million_contract_for_aviation_maintenance_from_US_Army#.W0VeX9JKiUk DynCorp International Wins $105 million contract for aviation maintenance from US Army] DefenseWorld. January 11, 2011. and NASA.Troiani, Gino. [http://www.govconwire.com/2012/04/dyncorp-wins-potential-177m-award-for-nasa-aircraft-engineering/ DynCorp Wins Potential $177M Award for NASA Aircraft Engineering]. Govcon Wire. April 19, 2012. DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance in countries including the Republic of the Philippines,[http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?n=DynCorp%20Wins%20$78M%20to%20Support%20Philippine%20Operations&id=1412 DynCorp Wins $78M to Support Philippine Operations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218182626/http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?n=DynCorp%20Wins%20%2478M%20to%20Support%20Philippine%20Operations&id=1412 |date=December 18, 2010 }}. DefenseWorld. September 30, 2008. the United States, throughout Europe, Southwest Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance support to facilities including the NAS Patuxent River,{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2011/08/17/dyncorp-wins-401m-andrews-afb-contract.html |publisher=Washington Business Journal |date=August 17, 2011 |title=DynCorp wins $401M Andrews AFB contract |first=Jeff |last=Clabaugh}} Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas, Edwards Air Force Base in California, and Robins Air Force Base (AFB) in Georgia.

Among its notable awards is its unbroken record of having received a contract in every round of competition under the United States Air Force-managed Contract Field Teams (CFT) program since the CFT program started in 1951.

The company recently opened up an office in Huntsville, Alabama, to allow it to further focus on its aviation business. The Army Materiel Command, Army Contracting Command and the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command all have or soon will have their headquarters on Redstone Arsenal.{{cite news |url= http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2011/02/post_33.html|publisher=Business News |date=February 10, 2011 |title= Retired Redstone Arsenal commander James Myles dons civvies for new aviation mission}} The U.S. Air Force chose DynCorp to supply support services for the military's T-6 and T-6B trainer aircraft. As part of that contract DynCorp will open, operate and manage Contractor Operated and Maintained Base Supply facilities at nine Air Force and Navy locations.[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2012/06/07/DynCorp-to-open-T-6-support-centers/UPI-21721339097156/#ixzz23YAegnxV DynCorp to open T-6 support centers]. UPI. June 7, 2012.

DynCorp International has been the incumbent recipient of helicopter maintenance and support contracts supporting the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.[http://www.helihub.com/2012/04/16/dyncorp-wins-25m-kuwait-air-force-apache-contract/ DynCorp wins $25M Kuwait Air Force Apache contract]. Heli Hub. April 16, 2012. It also received the task order to provide theater aviation support management for US Army helicopters in Europe (TASM-E).[http://www.helihub.com/2011/10/21/dyncorp-awarded-80m-contract-to-support-us-army-helicopters-in-theatre/ DynCorp awarded $80M contract to support US Army helicopters in-theatre]. HeliHub. October 21, 2011. The U.S. Army Contracting Command gave DynCorp International a contract to provide a maintenance augmentation team for the Kuwait Air Force's AH-64D Apache helicopter maintenance program. DynCorp has worked as a partner for supporting the Air Force's fleet of 39 F/A-18 Hornet aircraft program since 1997.[http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsdyncorp-wins-kaf-ah-64d-apaches-support-contract DynCorp wins KAF AH-64D Apaches support contract]. Airforce Technology. April 16, 2012.

A significant part of the company's business since the 1990s has come from contingency operations{{cite web|url=http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pacc/cc/definition_of_contingency_operation.html|title=DPAP - Program Acquisition and Contingency Contracting - Contingency Contracting - About Contingency Contracting - Definition of "Contingency Operation"|work=osd.mil|access-date=26 February 2017}} support.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/30/dyncorp-kbr-afghanistan-business-logistics-dyncorp.html |magazine=Forbes |date=July 30, 2009 |title=DynCorp Takes Afghanistan |first=Nathan |last=Vardi}} The company supports existing bases in Southern Afghanistan, builds new ones as needed, and provides base support services.{{cite news |url=http://www.kmimediagroup.com/military-logistics-forum/300-mlf-2011-volume-5-issue-1-february/3901-logcap-iv-surges-forward.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111080242/http://www.kmimediagroup.com/military-logistics-forum/300-mlf-2011-volume-5-issue-1-february/3901-logcap-iv-surges-forward.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |publisher=Military Logistics Forum |date= Feb 2011|title=LOGCAP IV Surges Forward}}

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In January 2010 DynCorp International combined with World Wide Humanitarian Services (WWHS) and Casals & Associates to form DI Development.[https://www.dyn-intl.com/media-center/press-releases/casals-associates-to-support-usaid-transition-initiatives-in-africa-and-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ Casals & Associates Joins DynCorp International] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306002641/http://www.casals.com/2010/01/casals-associates-joins-dyncorp-international/ |date=March 6, 2012 }}. Casals & Associates. January 25, 2010. DI Development provides humanitarian aid, reconstruction to conflict and post-conflict areas, and governance reforms.

DynCorp International made several acquisitions in 2009 and 2010 to adapt to the defense sector's shift towards diplomacy and development work, in particular acquiring an international development firm in order to enter the international aid community.{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/01/25/daily43.html |publisher=Business Journal |date= January 27, 2010 |title=DynCorp International acquires Casals & Associates}} DI Development is particularly active in Africa and Latin America. In Africa DI Development strengthened government financial management in Ghana, assisted in peace and recovery advancement in Uganda, and led anti-corruption programs in Madagascar, Malawi, and Nigeria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/development/international-development-africa.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224025627/http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/development/international-development-africa.aspx|archive-date=2012-02-24|title=Homepage}}Isenberg, David. [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2008/05/30/Dogs-of-War-Back-to-Africa/UPI-22981212183620/ Dogs of War: Back to Africa]. United Press International. May 30, 2008. In Latin America DI Development implemented anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability programs in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama, and provided democracy and governance initiatives in Mexico, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/development/international-development-latin-america.aspx |title=International Development - Latin America - DynCorp International |access-date=2012-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224025654/http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/development/international-development-latin-america.aspx |archive-date=2012-02-24 }}

In 2010 DynCorp International acquired Phoenix Consulting Group to expand the company into intelligence training and solutions.{{cite journal | author = GCW Staff | url=http://www.govconwire.com/2009/10/ma-activity-dyncorp-international-acquires-phoenix-consulting-group/ | website=GovConWire.com | date=October 20, 2009 | title=DynCorp International Acquires Phoenix Consulting Group | access-date = February 25, 2017 }}{{better source needed|date=February 2017}}{{better source needed|date=February 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/dyncorp-idUKN289523620090928|title=UPDATE 1-DynCorp looks to expand intelligence services|date=28 September 2016|access-date=26 February 2017|newspaper=Reuters}} By acquiring the Phoenix Consulting Group, DynCorp provides training courses to the intelligence community at the Phoenix Training Center.{{cite press release |author = Ebner, Douglas & DynCorp Intl. | date= October 19, 2009 |title=DynCorp International Completes Acquisition of Phoenix Consulting Group, Inc. | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/10/19/idUS182182+19-Oct-2009+BW20091019 | url-status = dead | location=Falls Church, VA |work= Reuters | via = Businesswire.com | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120224031306/https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/10/19/idUS182182+19-Oct-2009+BW20091019 |archive-date= February 24, 2012 |quote= [Quote:] Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release. }} Dyncorp International employs 300 intelligence professionals to offer highly specialized training for intelligence, counterintelligence, special operations and law enforcement personnel.{{cite press release |author = Ebner, Douglas & DynCorp Intl. | date= September 28, 2009 |title=DynCorp Agrees to Acquire Phoenix Consulting Group, Inc. | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/09/28/idUS134235+28-Sep-2009+BW20090928 | url-status = dead | location=Falls Church, VA |work= Reuters | via = Businesswire.com | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120205070659/https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/09/28/idUS134235+28-Sep-2009+BW20090928 |archive-date= February 5, 2012 |quote= [Quote:] Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release. }} It also provides linguist operations, including language training, translation specialists recruiting, and field translation support for the U.S. armed forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/intelligence-training-solutions.aspx|title=Training - DynCorp International|work=dyn-intl.com|access-date=26 February 2017}}

Through a joint venture with McNeil Technologies called Global Linguist Solutions, Dyncorp was awarded a five-year contract to provide management of translation and interpretation services to support U.S. Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.[https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/18/idUS157139+18-Feb-2008+BW20080218 Global Linguist Solutions Again Awarded $4.6 Billion Army Linguist Services Contract] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407204633/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/18/idUS157139+18-Feb-2008+BW20080218 |date=2015-04-07 }}. Reuters. February 18, 2008. Under the contract, DynCorp employed 6,000 locally hired translators and 1,000 U.S. citizens who are native speakers of languages spoken in Iraq.[http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/l3-out-dyncorpmcneil-in-for-465b-iraq-translation-contract-02885/ L-3 Out, Dyncorp-McNeil in for $4.65B Iraq Translation Contract?] Defense Industry Daily. December 10, 2007. DynCorp International was also given a $17.1 million task order to provide leadership to military personnel of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The program focuses on training junior and mid-level personnel in areas such as communications, logistics, and engineering.Watson, Tim. [http://www.govconwire.com/2011/06/dyncorp-international-wins-africap-training-task-order/ DynCorp International Wins AFRICAP Training Task Order]. Govcon Wire. June 1, 2011.

DynCorp president Steven Schorer expects the training and support logistics for the military and intelligence community to grow significantly in the coming years.

Two DynCorp American employees were among the five killed in Jordan by a co-worker on 9 November 2015. The incident occurred at the International Police Training Centre in Zarqa. The program the men were working on is funded by the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.Daily star.com.lb 10 November 2015. Lebanon's English language daily newspaper.

DynCorp provides military base operations and vehicle maintenance. They manage installations for military bases for the Department of Defense and the Department of State, and provide security services, fire and rescue emergency services, and IT/telecommunication services. In particular, DynCorp supports a military base camp in Kosovo, providing power plant maintenance, fueling services, and grounds maintenance.Darcy, Darlene. [http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/24/daily31.html DynCorp International wins NATO job in Kosovo]. Washington Business Journal. March 26, 2008. DynCorp is also active in vehicular maintenance, in particular providing the United Arab Emirates with depot-level maintenance, facilities management, and commercialization for its 17,000 ground vehicles.[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6079780/DynCorp-International-Awarded-Maintenance-Contract.html DynCorp International Awarded Maintenance Contract with UAE Land Forces]. Goliath. December 21, 2006. In April 2012 DynCorp International was awarded a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide facility support services for personnel from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion unit Timor-Leste, including living quarters, internet and telephone services, bathroom facilities, laundry services, kitchen facilities, vehicle/driver/language support, procurement services, warehousing and other services.[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120402006330/en/DynCorp-International-Awarded-Contract-Valued-15.5-Million DynCorp International Awarded Contract Valued at up to $15.5 Million to Provide Facility Support Services for Naval Facilities Engineering]. DynCorp International. April 2, 2012.

DynCorp also formed a joint venture with Oshkosh Defense, Force Protection Industries, and McLane Advanced Technologies to pursue a $3 billion five-year Army contract for support and maintenance of mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles.Hayes, Heather. [http://washingtontechnology.com/Articles/2012/06/11/Top-100-DynCorp.aspx?Page=1 DynCorp reorg fuels boom]. Washington Technology. June 20, 2012. The U.S. Defense Department gave DynCorp the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of its mentor-protege arrangement with CenterScope Technologies, in which it provided coaching in development of new markets, establishing international operations and in worldwide logistics. As a result of this mentoring CTSI's revenue grew from $5 million to $32 million in 18 months.[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2012/02/09/Honor-for-DynCorp-mentoring/UPI-88861328798852/ Honor for DynCorp mentoring]. UPI. February 9, 2012.

DynCorp provides personal security throughout various parts of the world.Killian, Eric. [http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/03/daily39.html DynCorp wins $30M Army contract]. Washington Business Journal. March 6, 2008. It supplies Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East with threat assessment protection, perimeter security, base security, and guard services.{{cite web |url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/security-services.aspx |title=Security Services - DynCorp International |access-date=2012-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319084716/http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/security-services.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-19 }} DynCorp supported the U.S. Army in the Persian Gulf with vehicle searches, roving patrols, and explosive-detecting dogs.Plumb, Tierney. [http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/06/23/daily17.html DynCorp wins $546M police training contract in Iraq]. Washington Business Journal. June 23, 2008. It also provides personal security to many regions of Iraq and Afghanistan.[https://archive.today/20120718091041/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1124155391.html?dids=1124155391:1124155391&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+08,+2006&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=SECURITY+DynCorp+Moving+Head+...&pqatl=google Security DynCorp Moving Headquarters]. The Washington Post. September 8, 2006.

Culpeper National Security Solutions is a unit of DynCorp.{{cite web |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/31/for_the_us-saudi_relationship_to_thaw_mbs_needs_to_answer_on_khashoggi_139914.html |title=For the U.S.-Saudi Relationship to Thaw, MBS Needs to Answer on Khashoggi |author=David Ignatius |author-link=David Ignatius |date=March 31, 2019 |website=Realclearpolitics.com |access-date=April 5, 2019 }}

DynCorp delivers training for multiple sectors, including security sector reform, interior and defense personnel in underdeveloped nations, and law enforcement. Since 1994 DynCorp has trained and deployed 6,000 law enforcement workers in 16 countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan.{{cite web |url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/training-mentoring.aspx |title=Training and Mentoring - DynCorp International |access-date=2012-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225011820/http://www.dyn-intl.com/what-we-do/training-mentoring.aspx |archive-date=2012-02-25 }}Capaccio, Tony. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=avbheaWMtHsg DynCorp May Get Chance to Win $1.6 Billion Training Contracts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924190022/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=avbheaWMtHsg |date=2015-09-24 }}. Bloomberg. March 15, 2010. DynCorp is looking to partner with Raytheon as a prime or subcontractor on the Teach, Educate, Coach program, which is part of the Army's Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support program.

{{See also|Colombian armed conflict|Plan Colombia}}

In September 2001 Ecuadorian farmers filed a class-action lawsuit against DynCorp. On February 15, 2013, the court granted summary judgment to DynCorp, dismissing the sole remaining human health and medical monitoring claims Ecuadorian plaintiffs had brought in connection with counternarcotic aerial herbicide spraying operations in southern Colombia.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollingsworthllp.com/media/pnc/3/media.913.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522224710/http://www.hollingsworthllp.com/media/pnc/3/media.913.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-22 }} http://about.bloomberglaw.com/videos/dyncorps-strategic-defense-in-drug-crop-spraying-suit/ The plaintiffs are preparing to appeal the dismissal.{{cite web|url=http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/03/plaintiffs-to-appeal-dismissal-of-plan-colombia-lawsuit-against-dyncorp-1.html|title=Plaintiffs to Appeal Dismissal of 'Plan Colombia' Lawsuit Against DynCorp - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times|access-date=16 December 2014}}

An extensive accusation concerning DynCorp's activities and alleged abuses in Colombia was presented against DynCorp at the Hearing on Biodiversity of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, session on Colombia at the Cacarica Humanitarian Zone from February 24 to 27, 2007.{{cite web |title=Accusation against the Transnational DynCorp |work=Permanent Peoples' Tribunal |year=2007 |url=http://www.prensarural.org/spip/spip.php?article673}}

Three DynCorp employees died when their helicopter was shot down during an anti-drug mission in Peru in 1992.

On November 29, 2008, a lengthy article in The New York Times questioned the potential conflict of interest in the hiring by Veritas Capital Fund, LP, holding company for DynCorp, of Gen. Barry McCaffrey. McCaffrey had previously served as White House "Drug Czar", where he shaped future federal public-private partnership in drug enforcement policy.{{cite news|last=Barstow |first=David |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30general.html |title=One Man's Military-Industrial-Media Complex |work=The New York Times |date=2008-12-02 |access-date=2012-01-21}}

According to Human Rights Watch, there is substantial evidence that points to the involvement of DynCorp contractors in trafficking of women and girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as violence against them.{{Cite web|title=HOPES BETRAYED|url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2002/bosnia/Bosnia1102-11.htm|access-date=2020-11-23|website=www.hrw.org}}

In the late 1990s two employees, Ben Johnston, a former DynCorp aircraft mechanic, and Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.N. International Police Force monitor, independently alleged that DynCorp employees in Bosnia engaged in sex with minors and sold them to each other as slaves.{{Cite book|last=Simm|first=Gabrielle|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/sex-in-peace-operations/122BC274056274328E2ECC20E1775683|title=Sex in Peace Operations|date=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-03032-9|location=Cambridge}}{{cite web|last=Capps |first=Robert |url=http://www.salon.com/2002/08/06/dyncorp/ |title=Sex-slave whistle-blowers vindicated |work=salon.com |date=2002-08-06 |access-date=2010-12-03}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/jan/22/whistleblower-sex-traffickers-bosnia|title=The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice|author=Bolkovac, Kathryn| location=London|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2011-01-22}} Johnston and Bolkovac were fired, and Johnston was later placed into protective custody before leaving several days later.

On June 2, 2000, an investigation was launched in the DynCorp hangar at Comanche Base Camp, one of two U.S. bases in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and all DynCorp personnel were detained for questioning.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLiRbLlMwoC&q=%22He%20is%20the%20operator%20of%20a%20nightclub%20by%20the%20name%20of%20Harley's%22&pg=PA63 |title=Bosnia and Herzegovina Hopes Betrayed: Trafficking of Woman and Girls to Bosnia and Herzegovina for Forced Prostitution |publisher=Human Rights Watch |pages=63–64 |access-date=2010-12-03}} CID spent several weeks investigating and the results appear to support Johnston's allegations. DynCorp had fired five employees for similar illegal activities prior to the charges.{{cite web |author=Kelly Patricia O'Meara |url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11119 |title=CorpWatch : US: DynCorp Disgrace |publisher=Corpwatch.org |date=2002-01-14 |access-date=2010-12-03 |archive-date=2010-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215153028/http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11119 |url-status=dead }} Many of the employees accused of sex trafficking were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity. As of 2014 no one had been prosecuted.{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2002/06/27/military_10/|title=Crime without punishment|first=Robert|last=Capps|work=salon.com|date=28 June 2002|access-date=26 February 2017}}

In 2002 Bolkovac filed a lawsuit in Great Britain against DynCorp for unfair dismissal due to a protected disclosure (whistleblowing), and won.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/jan/22/whistleblower-sex-traffickers-bosnia | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Kathyrn | last=Bolkovac | title=Human trafficking,Bosnia and Herzegovina (News),World news,Law,Europe | date=2011-01-22}} Bolkovac co-authored a book with Cari Lynn titled The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice. In 2010 the film The Whistleblower, starring Rachel Weisz and Vanessa Redgrave, was released.{{cite web |url=http://www.dyn-intl.com/media/572/whistleblowerdoc.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813030337/http://www.dyn-intl.com/media/572/whistleblowerdoc.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-13 }}Lynch, Colum. [http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/29/the_whistleblower_the_movie_the_un_would_prefer_you_didnt_see The Whistleblower: The movie the U.N. would prefer you didn't see] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107150147/http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/29/the_whistleblower_the_movie_the_un_would_prefer_you_didnt_see |date=2013-11-07 }}. Foreign Policy. June 29, 2011.

According to The New York Times, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) found that "DynCorp seemed to act almost independently of its reporting officers at the Department of State, billing the United States for millions of dollars of work that were not authorized and beginning other jobs without a go-ahead."{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/world/middleeast/01reconstruction.html?_r=1&scp=47&sq=dyncorp+international&st=nyt | work=The New York Times | title=U.S. Agency Finds New Waste and Fraud in Iraqi Rebuilding Projects | first=James | last=Glanz | date=2007-02-01}} The report states that the findings of DynCorp's misconduct on a $188 million job to buy weapons and build quarters for the Iraqi police were serious enough to warrant a fraud inquiry. A U.S. government audit report of October 2007 revealed that $1.3 billion was spent on a contract with DynCorp for training Iraqi police.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7057629.stm|title=US-Iraqi contract 'in disarray'|work=BBC News|date=23 October 2007|access-date=2007-11-17}} The auditors stated that the program was mismanaged to such an extent that they were unable to determine how the money was spent.

In February 2007 federal auditors cited DynCorp for wasting millions on projects, including building an unapproved, Olympic-sized swimming pool at the behest of Iraqi police officials.{{cite magazine|last=Rosen|first=Nir|title=Riding Shotgun With Our Shadow Army in Iraq|magazine=Mother Jones|date=2007-05-01|url=https://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/05/iraq_contractors-2.html|access-date=2007-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502042515/http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/05/iraq_contractors-2.html|archive-date=2007-05-02|url-status=dead}} In April 2011 DynCorp agreed to pay $7.7 million to the U.S. government to settle claims that it had inflated claims for construction contracts in Iraq.Bloomberg L.P., "DynCorp To Settle Over Claims For Iraq Work". The Washington Post. 23 April 2011, p. 9.

On October 11, 2007, a DynCorp security guard in a U.S. State Department convoy killed a taxi driver in Baghdad. According to several witnesses, the taxi did not pose a threat to the convoy's security.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/world/middleeast/12contractor.html|title=Security Guard Fires From Convoy, Killing Iraqi Driver|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 12, 2007|access-date=2007-11-17|first=James|last=Glanz}}

A January 2010 SIGIR report assessed that oversight of DynCorp police training contracts by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs found that INL exhibited weak oversight of the DynCorp task orders for support of the Iraqi police training program.{{cite news |last=Capaccio |first=Tony |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3OU6HxRrwSU |title=Weak Oversight in Iraq Puts $2.5 Billion at Risk, Audit Says |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2010-01-25 |access-date=2012-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200529/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3OU6HxRrwSU |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}{{cite web| url=http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071022162111.pdf| title=Letter to Secretary Rice: from Chairman Waxman| date=2007-10-22| page=3| access-date=2007-10-22 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071101025136/http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071022162111.pdf |archive-date = November 1, 2007}}{{cite journal| url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/22/dyncorp.spending/index.html?iref=mpstoryview| title=report Most of $1.2 billion to train Iraqi police unaccounted for — CNN.com|journal=CNN| date=2007-10-23| pages=A01| access-date=2007-10-23}} It found that INL lacks sufficient resources and controls to adequately manage the task orders with DynCorp. As a result, more than $2.5 billion in U.S. funds were vulnerable to waste and fraud, although SIGIR's Iraq reconstruction inspector Stuart Bowen noted that there was no indication that DynCorp had misspent any of the $2.5 billion.{{cite web |url=http://www.sigir.mil/publications/quarterlyreports/January2010.html |title=Quarterly Report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction |publisher=Sigir.mil |date=2010-01-30 |access-date=2010-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729185530/http://www.sigir.mil/publications/quarterlyreports/January2010.html |archive-date=2010-07-29 }}Capaccio, Tony. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3OU6HxRrwSU Weak Oversight in Iraq Puts $2.5 Billion at Risk, Audit Says] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200529/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3OU6HxRrwSU |date=2014-07-14 }}. Bloomberg. January 25, 2010.

In 2009 DynCorp contractors paid a 15-year-old Afghan Bacha Bazi performer to perform lap dances and entertain them in Kunduz. Several Afghans were later arrested and investigated.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602358.html|title=Amid Reviews, DynCorp Bolsters Ethics Practices|author=Ellen Nakashima|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=27 July 2009|access-date=2010-12-03}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/12/wikileaks_texas_company_helped.php |website=Houston Press |title=WikiLeaks: Texas Company Helped Pimp Little Boys To Stoned Afghan Cops |first=John Nova |last=Lomax |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=July 5, 2014 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904070359/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/12/wikileaks_texas_company_helped.php |url-status=dead }} A Wikileaks cable released after the incident stated that the Afghan interior minister at the time, Hanif Atmar, asked the assistant U.S. ambassador to try to "quash" both the story and release of video from the incident.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/213720 | work=The Guardian | title=US embassy cables: Afghan government asks US to quash 'dancing boys' scandal | location=London | date=2010-12-02}}{{cite news|last=Linkins|first=Jason |title=WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/wikileaks-reveals-that-mi_n_793816.html|work=Huffington Post|date=2010-12-08}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/02/foreign-contractors-hired-dancing-boys|title=Foreign contractors hired Afghan 'dancing boys', WikiLeaks cable reveals|publisher=Guardian News|date=2 December 2010|access-date=2010-12-03|location=London|first=Jon|last=Boone}} In response to the incident, DynCorp fired four senior managers and established a chief compliance officer position, which focused on ethics, business conduct, related investigations, and regulatory compliance.

On July 30, 2010, a riot broke out when an Afghan car and a DynCorp vehicle crashed on a road near Kabul International Airport.Reid, Robert H. [http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/30/july-the-deadliest-month-of-afghan-war-for-us/ July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US]. The New York Times. July 30, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://wireupdate.com/wires/8220/four-afghans-die-in-kabul-in-accident-involving-u-s-contractor/ |title=Four Afghans die in Kabul in accident involving U.S. contractor |publisher=Wireupdate.com |date=2010-07-31 |access-date=2010-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226035952/http://wireupdate.com/wires/8220/four-afghans-die-in-kabul-in-accident-involving-u-s-contractor/ |archive-date=2010-12-26 }} Although initial reports blamed the company and claimed four Afghans were killed in the accident, Sayed Abdul Ghaffar, the head of the Kabul police criminal investigations division, told The New York Times that the Afghan driver had caused the accident and said only one Afghan died in the wreck.{{cite news|last=Oppel |first=Richard A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/world/asia/02afghan.html |title=Afghan Police Clear U.S. in Crash Before Rioting |location=Afghanistan |newspaper=NYTimes.com |date=2010-08-01 |access-date=2012-01-21}}

According to Mozambican media reports, the Mozambican government seized and impounded the 16-vehicle shipment pending the outcome of investigations into alleged tax evasion and deception by OTT Technologies Mozambique.{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34188:dyncorp-rolls-out-first-16-armoured-personnel-carriers-for-un-mission-in-mali&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105|title=Dyncorp rolls out first 16 armoured personnel carriers for UN mission in Mali|author=Guy Martin|date=31 March 2014 |access-date=16 December 2014}}

DynCorp lobbied the Trump administration intensely to get the Trump administration to rescind a $10 billion contract that the Obama administration made with a rival company to service State Department aircraft.{{Cite news|last1=Confessore|first1=Nicholas|last2=Yourish|first2=Karen|last3=Eder|first3=Steve|last4=Protess|first4=Ben|last5=Haberman|first5=Maggie|last6=Ashford|first6=Grace|last7=LaForgia|first7=Michael|last8=Vogel|first8=Kenneth P.|last9=Rothfeld|first9=Michael|date=2020-10-10|title=The Swamp That Trump Built|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html|access-date=2020-10-10|issn=0362-4331}}

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• LOGCAP IV
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• Military–industrial–media complex
• Pinkerton Government Services
• Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government

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• Day, Kathleen, "DynCorp Discussing the Sale of a Division; Reston Firm's Aviation Services Unit on Block," The Washington Post, August 8, 1995, p. D1.
• —, —, "DynCorp Retools with a Focus on Information Technology," The Washington Post, August 14, 1995, p. F8.
• —, —, "A Welcome from the Music Man," The Washington Post, August 14, 1995, p. F8.
• Haggerty, Maryann, "Engineering a Career in Energy Programs at DynCorp," The Washington Post, June 14, 1993, p. F11.
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• —, —, "Dynalectron Puts Official on Paid Leave," The Washington Post, October 30, 1986, p. E1.
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• —, — –, "Dynalectron May Be Part of Coal Conversion Plan," The Washington Post, May 17, 1979, p. C1.
• Koklanaris, Maria, "DynCorp Acquires Local Firm in Bid to Diversify; Company Seeks to Cut Pentagon Dependence," The Washington Post, May 6, 1991, p. F6.
• McCarthy, Ellen, "Calif. Firm Confirms Plan to Buy DynCorp Unit," The Washington Post, October 5, 2001.
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• Southerland, Daniel, "DynCorp Unit Picked to Run U.S. Oil Reserve," The Washington Post, November 24, 1992, p. D1.
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• BW Staff, "A New Push for Coal-to-Oil Technology," Business Week, November 7, 1977.
• BW Staff, "Dynalectron: Determined That Synfuels Will Fuel the Company's Growth," Business Week, June 28, 1982, p. 130.
• Celarier, Michelle, "Catch-23: Private Industries Bidding Against Government Entities for Pentagon Contracts Often Face Obstacles and Lose Money," CFO: The Magazine for Senior Financial Executives, June 1998, pp. 50–58.
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