AdvanFort
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AdvanFort is a US private maritime security company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It focuses on defense and homeland security products, technologies and services. Currently it has more than 100 employees and 200 contractors. In addition to groups of security teams working in several areas of the world and a fleet of operator support vessels in the Indian Ocean, the company has both a mission operations center and a threat analysis center. Until July 2013, it published weekly global piracy threat analysis, available without charge on its website.
Industry | Security and safety |
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Predecessor | Samir Farajallah |
Founded | 2009 |
Founder | Samir Farajallah |
Successor | William H Watson |
Headquarters | , USA |
Number of locations | 17 offices in 16 countries |
Area served | Horn of Africa, Indian Ocean, Far East, Red Sea, Arabia Sea, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman |
Key people | Ahmed Farajallah aka (Al Farajallah) Acting President |
Services | Security solutions in high risk areas |
Revenue | 21,000,000USD |
Number of employees | 100 |
Divisions | 2 |
Website | advanfort |
On 11 October 2013, the MV Seaman Guard Ohio, a floating armory operated by AdvanFort, was captured by the Indian Coast Guard while anchored 3.8 nautical miles within their sovereign waters.[1]