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  • Saab to Update Norway's Air Surveillance Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Update Norway’s Air Surveillance Radars

    NATO has awarded Saab a contract of an undisclosed value to modernize three ground-based phased array radars that were built to help the Norwegian air force military detect aerial threats. Saab said Wednesday it will update software and replace obsolete hardware of SINDRE I air surveillance radars in Norway. SINDRE I is equipped with a programmable digital signal processor and radar […] More

  • Army Orders Additional Saab Anti-Armor Weapon Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Additional Saab Anti-Armor Weapon Systems

    Saab has received a $13.4 million order from the U.S. Army to produce additional  shoulder-launched weapon systems designed to hit targets inside buildings or fortifications. The company said Tuesday it is scheduled to deliver the AT4 Confined Space Reduced Sensitivity weapons to the service branch in 2019. AT4CS RS works to generate a behind-armor effect inside a target within a […] More

  • Australia Unveils Collins-Class Submarine Sustainment Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia Unveils Collins-Class Submarine Sustainment Projects

    The Australian government has introduced two projects to sustain the country’s Collins-class submarine fleet before the arrival of replacement submarines. Australia’s defense department said Wednesday the first project aims to mitigate control system obsolescence issues and the second project seeks to update submarine communications systems. The department selected the Australian subsidaries of Saab and Raytheon to support control and communications […] More

  • Saab to Deliver Comms System for New Zealand Fleet Replenishment Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Deliver Comms System for New Zealand Fleet Replenishment Ship

    Saab has received a contract to install an integrated communications system on the New Zealand navy’s future fleet replenishment ship. The defense and security company said Monday it will equip New Zealand’s HMNZS Aotearoa tanker with the TactiCall platform that works to connect communication technologies regardless of radio band, frequency or hardware. Electronic Navigation will perform in-service support […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Info on Sensing, Neutralization Tech Platforms Against Small Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Info on Sensing, Neutralization Tech Platforms Against Small Drones

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to provide information on novel technology platforms designed to counter small unmanned aerial systems. A request for information posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps says DARPA is interested in modular and scalable platforms that work to identify and target small drones and could complement systems that are still in […] More

  • Saab Eyes New Grippen Variant to Help Address USAF Air Combat Training Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Eyes New Grippen Variant to Help Address USAF Air Combat Training Requirements

    Saab is considering the possibility of offering a new Gripen fighter aircraft variant to help address adversary air combat training requirements of the U.S. Air Force. Gripen Aggressor is equipped with updated sensor and datalink technologies and designed to support combat maneuvering and networking functions that fighter pilots need to defeat peer and near-peer adversaries, […] More

  • Saab to Establish US Manufacturing Facility for Proposed USAF Trainer Aircraft With Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Establish US Manufacturing Facility for Proposed USAF Trainer Aircraft With Boeing

    Saab has announced plans to set up a production facility in the U.S. for a trainer aircraft the Sweden-based company and its partner Boeing proposed for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X program. Saab said Monday it has begun to identify and assess potential sites for the new aircraft manufacturing facility to be established in the U.S. […] More

  • Boeing to Continue Air Force Small Diameter Bomb Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Continue Air Force Small Diameter Bomb Support

    Boeing has secured a $30 million contract modification to extend the company’s production, engineering and logistics services for a U.S. Air Force weapon system designed to engage and hit targets from a long distance. The modification falls under a previously awarded indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for life cycle support to Small Diameter Bomb I and increases the potential contract value to $110 […] More

  • Triumph Named Component Supplier for Boeing T-X Trainer Aircraft Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Triumph Named Component Supplier for Boeing T-X Trainer Aircraft Offering

    Boeing has chosen Triumph Group as a key supplier for the aerospace and defense company’s trainer aircraft offering to the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X program. Triumph’s Red Oak, Texas-based Aerospace Structures business would supply wing, vertical tail and horizontal tail structures if the military branch picks Boeing as T-X primary contractor, Boeing said Friday. Boeing announced […] More

  • Saab Develops EW Self-Protection Tech Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Develops EW Self-Protection Tech Suite

    Saab has entered the final development phase for a new suite of electronic warfare self-protection systems in a move to expand the company’s EW portfolio. The company said Wednesday it will install one variant of the Arexis product on board the Gripen E/F fighter aircraft. Arexis is designed to feature ultra wideband digital receivers, digital radio frequency memory devices, interferometric direction […] More

  • India Plans Single-Engine Fighter Aircraft RFI for Lockheed, Saab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    India Plans Single-Engine Fighter Aircraft RFI for Lockheed, Saab

    India is expected to release a request for information to Saab and Lockheed Martin this month for the production of single-engine fighter aircraft in partnership with a domestic private company as part of the Make in India program, Defense News reported Monday. The South Asian country’s defense ministry expects Lockheed and Saab to respond to the […] More

  • Saab Lands UK Tactical Engagement Simulation Service Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Lands UK Tactical Engagement Simulation Service Extension

    Saab has received a three-year, $25.9 million contract extension from the U.K. ministry of defense to provide managed tactical engagement simulation services for the British army. The British army uses Saab’s Deployable TES platform to help Light Role Battle Groups perform overseas training exercises as part of their collective training efforts, the company said Monday. […] More