ACADEMI -- ex-Blackwater -- Boosts State Dept Business, Eyes Acquisitions: EXCLUSIVE -- Aol DefenseARLINGTON, VA: How confident is the new management at private security contractor ACADEMI -- formerly known as Xe and, also, infamously, as Blackwater -- that they've turned the company around?
Last month, apparently without attracting any public attention (until now), they quietly bought another security firm, International Development Solutions, and took over its piece of the State Department's $10 billion World Protective Services contract, which then-Blackwater got kicked out of years ago.
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