Constellis Holdings is an American private security conglomerate based in Reston, Virginia. It is the current incarnation of Blackwater.
History
Constellis Group, Inc. was established in August 2011 as a holding company for Triple Canopy and its subsidiaries.[1]
The Constellis Group acquired Strategic Social on March 5, 2014.[2]
Constellis Holdings was formed in early June 2014 through the merger of Academi (formerly known as Blackwater) and Triple Canopy.[3]
On June 6, 2014, Constellis Holdings announced it would acquire Constellis Group and its holdings, creating a new combined conglomerate.[4]
Organization
Companies currently or previously operating under Constellis Holdings include:[1:1]
- Academi
- AMK9
- Centerra Group
- Constellis Consulting
- Constellis Services
- Edinburgh International
- Gregg Protection Services
- National Strategic Protective Services (NSPS)
- Olive Group
- Omniplex
- Pontaris
- Strategic Social
- Tidewater Global Services (TGS)
- Triple Canopy
External links
History. Constellis. Retrieved December 9, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.12.09-124821/https://www.constellis.com/who-we-are/history/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Constellis Group Acquires Strategic Social. (2014, March 5). PR Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20231116155253/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/constellis-group-acquires-strategic-social-248561461.html ↩︎
Brannen, K. (2014, July 1). Blackwater’s Descendants Are Doing Just Fine. Foreign Policy. http://archive.today/2020.07.03-143441/https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/01/blackwaters-descendants-are-doing-just-fine/ ↩︎
Constellis Holdings, Inc. Acquires Constellis Group, Inc. (2014, June 6). PR Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20140707032259/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/constellis-holdings-inc-acquires-constellis-group-inc-262388561.html ↩︎
