Global Private Defense Intelligence.
Track companies, contracts, market activity, regulatory frameworks and public-source developments across the global private-defense sector.
PMCDB connects companies, official U.S. contracts, procurement, markets, regulation and public-source developments in one sourced platform — built for defense-industry BD and strategy teams, investors, analysts and advisers. Discover and compare for free; follow, monitor, receive alerts and export briefs with PMCDB Pro.
Specialist research on Ukraine’s defense industry, foreign cooperation, contracts, programs and policy.
Created and maintained by Dmitry Bilous·Harvard College · U.S. Coast Guard Veteran
Dataset At A Glance
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How PMCDB Is Used
Map global PMCs, PSCs, and defense-tech firms.
Record regulatory considerations per company: export, oversight, dual-use.
Compare how leading jurisdictions regulate the sector.
Follow sourced contracts, partnerships and market moves.
Monitor open procurement and opportunity signals.
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Four Categories Of Private Defense Actor
Mercenary networks
Firms that supply or organize armed personnel for combat, area security, or tactical operations in conflict zones — historically the focus of mercenary regulation.
Protective services
Companies that provide close protection, convoy security, site guarding, and training — usually regulated under licensing and use-of-force regimes.
Military support services
Firms that provide logistics, maintenance, training, advisory, or base-support services to state armed forces under contract.
Fire Point–style producers
Private companies that design and manufacture UAVs, missiles, autonomy stacks, and munitions — governed by export control, dual-use, procurement, and investment law rather than mercenary statutes.
Fire Point-style companies are not traditional PMCs, but they are central to Ukraine’s regulatory problem because they blur the line between private manufacturing and state defense capability.