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Aegis Defence Services is a British private military/security company with overseas offices in Afghanistan, The United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Somalia and Mozambique. It is part of the Aegis Group of companies, which includes Aegis LLC, which is based in the United States. It was founded in 2002 by Tim Spicer, who was previously CEO of the private military company Sandline International; Jeffrey Day, an entrepreneur; and Mark Bullough and Dominic Armstrong, former investment bankers. It is a founding signatory of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers, inaugurated on 9 November 2010, a 'Swiss government convened, multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to both clarify international standards for the private security industry operating in complex environments, as well as to improve oversight and accountability of these companies.' 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About the ICoC )〕 It was a founding member of the British Association of Private Security Companies (BAPSC), a body lobbying for the regulation of the British PSC sector,〔(Phinney, David. "From Mercenaries to Peacemakers?: Scandals Confront Military Security Industry" ). ''CorpWatch'', 29 November 2005〕 which is now defunct. It is also a member of the Private Security Company Association of Iraq Since 27 July 2010 AEGIS Group Holdings AG〔(Handelsregister des Kantons Basel-Stadt )〕 in Basel, Switzerland, is holding 1,125,000 ordinary shares of Aegis Defence Services Limited, London. ==Aegis in Iraq and Afghanistan== In Iraq, Aegis is under contract (worth $293 million over three years) to the United States Department of Defense to provide security support services to the (Project and Contracting Office ) (PCO), responsible for managing the reconstruction program. These services include: # providing static and mobile security details for the PCO and United States Army Corps of Engineers; # maintaining situational awareness of logistical movement and reconstruction security operations; # facilitating intelligence–sharing between security forces and reconstruction contractors; and, # providing continuous information on the viability of road movement throughout the country. Through its (charitable foundation ) Aegis conducts a self-funded civil affairs programme to facilitate reconstruction in areas where there are gaps in mainstream projects. It also provides expatriate–led and Iraqi–manned ''Reconstruction Liaison Teams'' to monitor the progress of reconstruction work subcontracted to Iraqi building companies. In separate contracts, Aegis is engaged in providing security protection to the inquiry into alleged corruption in the Oil-for-Food Programme. It provided security support to the UN Electoral Assistance Division (UNEAD) and the Independent High Electoral Commission (IECI) facilitating both the constitutional referendum to proceed in October 2005 and the general election in December 2005. In May 2011, it was announced that U.S. military was to pull out of Baghdad, in the air and ground, and to be replaced by eight companies including Aegis and DynCorp International to take over in the air. In 2011, Aegis was awarded a $497 million contract by the U.S. Department of State for assuming security forces operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aegis Defence Services」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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