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Constellis

Constellis

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

  1. History. Constellis. Retrieved December 9, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.12.09-124821/https://www.constellis.com/who-we-are/history/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. 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 ↩︎

  3. 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/ ↩︎

  4. 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 ↩︎