Saab has received a contract from Sweden’s defense material administration to develop and produce torpedo integration systems for A26 submarines. The company said Wednesday it will construct, manufacture and verify integration systems for two A26 submarines the agency ordered for the Swedish navy last year. Saab will also update current systems on Visby-class corvettes and Gotland-class submarines under the contract. “With […] More

Saab and Embraer have introduced a new hub for technology development in Brazil with domestic partner industries and institutions that include AEL Sistemas, Atech, Akaer and the country’s air force. Embraer said Tuesday the Gripen Design and Development Network in Sao Paulo will cover the development environment and simulators necessary to perform fighter development work as […] More

A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $2.2 million contract by Sweden’s defense material administration to provide deployable troposcatter systems to the Swedish armed forces. Comtech said Wednesday it will supply MTTS deployable troposcatter terminals that were customized to address deployable communication requirements of the Sweden’s military. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications, said the contract award demonstrates a growing […] More

IAN T. GRAHAM SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY BAE SYSTEMS, INC. Ian T. Graham is Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of BAE Systems, Inc., a leading global defense and security company. Appointed to this role in June 2010, he is responsible for all legal matters associated with BAE Systems, Inc. and […] More

Saab will feature its anti-submarine warfare training system and waterborne anti-improvised explosive device vehicle at the Unmanned Warrior event in Scotland and Wales from Oct. 10 to 21. The company said Wednesday it will demonstrate its Sea Wasp anti-IED underwater robot and AUV62-AT acoustic target system that works to replicate active and passive submarine signatures for ASW force training. […] More

The government contracting industry and its agency customers are both grappling with questions as to how they can keep pace with fast technology advancements as requirements and demands of users change with those trends. With the rapid development of new technologies, legal counsel is more important than ever. The general counsel executives in the government […] More

Saab has released a ground-based compact radar system in the U.S. market in efforts to help military customers address multiple types of threat when they conduct missions. Sweden-based Saab said Monday it will transfer rights to the Giraffe 1X radar that mounts on vehicles, vessels and fixed installations to its subsidiary Saab Defense and Security USA in a push to help address emerging requirements […] More

Orbital ATK has partnered with Sweden-based space propulsion systems provider ECAPS to build and market a liquid green propulsion platform intended for government and commercial use. Orbital ATK will use the ECAPS-developed LMP-103S monopropellant as an alternative to hydrazine-based propulsion systems under the agreement, Orbital ATK said Monday. LMP-103S is designed to have low toxicity levels […] More

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded MRIGlobal a five-year, $6.2 million contract to lead a team of scientists from the U.S., Canada and Sweden to create a vaccine for Tularemia, a disease that can be contracted by both humans and animals. MRIGlobal said Wednesday the contract seeks to push forward the new vaccine candidate […] More

Textron has recorded more than 1 million flight hours for the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system since the company launched the aerial vehicle in 1999. The company said Tuesday Shadow became the only UAS of its size to accomplish the feat and that more than 85 percent of the drone’s flights occurred during combat operations. Shadow TUAS supports the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Special Operations Command […] More

Sweden’s defense material administration has placed an order to Saab for anti-submarine warfare training and the AUV62-AT autonomous underwater vehicle to support the Swedish armed forces’ underwater operations. Saab will provide the AUV62-AT with ASW training configuration and additional support and maintenance to the client from 2016 to 2019, the company said Wednesday. Anne-Marie Vosu, Saab’s underwater systems […] More

CAE has delivered the naval warfare training system to the Swedish Navy and kicked off the installation process at the Naval Warfare Centre in Karlskrona, Sweden. The Naval Tactical Mission Trainer suite consists of 52 student stations and 13 instructor operator stations, CAE said Tuesday. Ian Bell, CAE’s vice president and general manager for Europe, […] More