Saab has begun assembly production efforts for the aft fuselage component of a trainer aircraft system to be used by the U.S. Air Force.

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Anomali has discovered a phishing campaign that works by stealing login credentials from government procurement, email and courier services worlwide. The security company said Tuesday the credential harvesting threat has targeted the departments of Energy, Commerce, Urban Housing and Development, Veterans Affairs and Transportation.

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Jeff Brooks, former vice president of ForgeRock's public sector business, has joined open source security software provider PrimeKey as director of public sector sales in the U.S., G2XChange ETC reported Monday.

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Saab has secured a new order to supply additional radar systems for the U.S. Navy’s two Independence-class littoral combat ships. The company said Monday General Dynamics placed the order for the AN/SPS-77 variant of Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar for installation aboard the Navy’s LCS 36 and LCS 38 ships.

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The U.S. Army has qualified BAE Systems’ Bofors 155mm BONUS munition for inclusion in its weapons arsenal and is purchasing rounds under an agreement with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Each BONUS round contains two sub-munitions that use sensors to independently track and chase targets within a 32K-square-meter radius, BAE said Tuesday. The munition […] More

BAE Systems intends to compete for U.S. Army–National Guard program to build a joint all-terrain all-weather support vehicle that can function on the ground and across moderate bodies of water, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. The company looks to offer its BvS10 tracked carrier to replace the National Guard’s existing small unit support vehicle, which was […] More

Lockheed Martin will produce additional Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors to meet the increased demand of the U.S. Army and its allies, Defense News reported Wednesday. The increased orders come as the Army’s on-hand stock of PAC-3 is shrinking due to the service’s continuing missions in other countries. The Bethesda, Md.-based firm will […] More

Saab will provide an agile multibeam radar system for two Philippine frigates under a foreign military sales process through the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday it will install its Sea Giraffe AMB for the BRP Gregorio del Pilar (FF-15) and the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (FF-16) of the Philippine navy. Saab noted that the FMS […] More

Saab has flown a new surveillance jet platform from the company’s airfield in Linkoping, Sweden to gather verification data on performance and modelling. The GlobalEye, a modified Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft, underwent a test that lasted one hour and 46 minutes, following a wave of ground trials, Saab said Wednesday. The aircraft’s modifications include a combination of surveillance equipment […] More

HackerOne has released the results of the U.S. Air Force‘s second bug bounty challenge that invited hackers from 26 countries to identify vulnerabilities in the military branch’s systems. The company said Thursday 27 hackers participated in the 20-day Hack the Air Force 2.0 event and found 106 valid vulnerabilities, which earned the participants $103,883 in total bounties. HackerOne […] More

Saab has received an $18.6 million order from Sweden’s defense materiel administration to equip Swedish navy platforms with multitactical data links. The company said Tuesday it will provide Link 16 and Link 22 to the military service and update the 9LV Combat Management System on board the branch’s surface warfare vessels. Saab designed its 9LV CMS is designed to function as […] More

Lockheed Martin has received a contract extension from PostNord to update an automated technology platform the Sweden-based postal company uses to sort mails. Lockheed said Wednesday it will integrate the Next Generation Sortation Platform into  PostNord’s current system and supply an artificial intelligence-based technology designed to manage e-commerce packets. Minerva uses AI routines and works to help postal operators […] More