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Improper wiring by military contractor KBR at U.S. bases in Iraq led to electrical shocks about once every three days for nearly two years, according to Defense Department documents obtained by CNN.
KBR, which holds a multibillion-dollar contract to provide basic services including food and shelter for U.S. soldiers in Iraq, has repeatedly said it has "found no evidence of a link between the ...
KBR Inc. said the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals affirmed the government contractor's use of private security contractors during combat operations in Iraq, clearing the way for KBR to ...
Lawyers for the soldiers suing KBR Inc. take issue with the defense contractor's argument in the case of a soldier electrocuted in Iraq. In a filing in federal court in Portland Thursday, they ...
KBR and another contractor, Arkel International, are the targets of a second lawsuit, filed by the family of another soldier electrocuted in Iraq, Staff Sgt. Christopher Lee Everett, 23, of ...
KBR says the contract it signed with the Army Corps of Engineers to restore Iraq's oil infrastructure included an indemnification that protected KBR against "unusually hazardous" risks.
KBR, under the task order, will be responsible for operating a Diplomatic Support Hospital and four clinics to support more than 4,000 personnel at the US Mission in Iraq.
Almost four years ago, KBR told the Houston Chronicle that 97 KBR workers had died in Iraq. The Labor Department data shows no deaths for KBR, or for Halliburton, KBR's former parent company.
But KBR’s best war years may be behind it. KBR’s overall revenues fell $1.8 billion in 2005, in large part because Iraq-related revenue fell to $5.4 billion from $7.1 billion.
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday raised concerns about the U.S. military's increased use of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, and said KBR <KBR.N> and other companies should be held ...
KBR still holds two task orders under LOGCAP III for base camp operation support in Iraq, Carlson said. The Army is examining ways to transition that work to LOGCAP IV, he said.
KBR had 17,034 employees in Iraq in January 2008, when there were about 160,000 U.S. forces there to quell a growing insurgency, the audit says. Yet as of this Sept. 1, there were 17,095 KBR ...