Academy Sports + Outdoors is suing the global security firm originally known as Blackwater over its latest corporate rebranding, Academi. The locally based retailer claims the name "Academi ...

Now the "security solutions provider" wants to wash away the taint of the 2007 Nisour Square shootings by adopting the new name "Academi." But the company is changing its name -- not its core ...

CEO Ted Wright said that the newest name, Academi, was an attempt to demonstrate that the firm had become "a new company" since investors bought it one year ago from founder Erik Prince-- a ...

Perhaps that's why Academi's no-bid contract runs through May 2015. Academi spokeswoman Kelley Gannon declined to comment for this story. But it's highly unusual for U.S. military forces to take ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that the security contractor is announcing it’s switched its name to Academi, all part of an effort to be more “boring.” Academi president and CEO Ted Wright ...

A firearms and tactics instructor at Blackwater Worldwide demonstrated a weapon in Moyock, North Carolina. (Photo: Gerry Broome/Associated Press) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...

The private firm hired by the U.S. that became synonymous with civilian killings in the Iraq war has once again decided to rename itself (via the Washington Post). First known as Blackwater, the ...

The security company, which rechristened itself Xe in 2009 and Academi last year, is being sued for trademark infringement by Academy Ltd., a Texas-based sporting goods chain. The lawsuit ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACADEMI, a leading, privately held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial customers worldwide, today announced that U.S. Army Gen.

ACADEMI is an innovative, privately held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial industries worldwide. Founded in 1997, ACADEMI was initially envisioned as a ...