East Tennessee firm to participate in big military contract

By Josh Flory, Knoxville News Sentinel — An East Tennessee defense contractor has been tapped to participate in a large contract aimed at safely moving supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Vanquish Worldwide, based in Friendsville, is led by a former Marine with ties to a pair of other local defense contractors. Earlier this month,…

Vanquish Awarded US Central Command $983 Million IDIQ Contract

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (September 15, 2011) Vanquish Worldwide, LLC, an international company providing worldwide support services to the US Government and the commercial market sector, has been awarded a prime contract by the US Central Command for National Afghan Trucking (NAT). Vanquish Worldwide will be distributing reconstruction material, security equipment, fuel, miscellaneous dry cargo, and life…