France selects Saab’s GlobalEye for early warning requirement
The soon to be signed sale will enable Paris to replace retiring Boeing E3-F Sentry spy planes, and marks Saab’s second GlobalEye export behind the United Arab Emirates.
The soon to be signed sale will enable Paris to replace retiring Boeing E3-F Sentry spy planes, and marks Saab’s second GlobalEye export behind the United Arab Emirates.
Following a decision by Swedish political leadership in 2019 to improve the country’s military capabilities, weapons procurement has surged, said Brig. Gen. Lars Helmrich.
Michigan’s defense ecosystem and expertise makes it a special asset for production.
A request for information released by the service raises the possibility of integrating new upgrades on a platform “equivalent” to the E-7, though it’s not clear what that could be.
"We should sort of understand that we need to do more in Europe, nation by nation, of course, but also as part of the alliance, being a strong pillar in NATO" said Saab CEO Micael Johansson.
Seoul is looking to expand its airborne early warning capabilities, and Boeing has competition at home and abroad for the contract.
Sweden has signed up with five other European nations to develop a long-range strike missile, a move that Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson told Breaking Defense will fill a crucial security gap for his nation.
The Swedish Ministry of Defence said that the surveillance aircraft will offer Ukraine “an entirely new capability for airborne radar reconnaissance and combat control against targets in the air and at sea."
“We were asked to put in our offer and then they [the NATO Support and Procurement Agency] didn't really go into discussion with us, because they had already decided they had to go and buy Wedgetail," Micael Johansson, CEO at Saab told Breaking Defense.
NATO's decision to procure six Wedgetails gives another victory on the global market to Boeing's surveillance aircraft.
Poland is underway with a massive spending spree to modernize its military, from tanks to surveillance planes.
"I’m not going to talk about sizes [of companies under consideration] but of course we have a pipeline when it comes to important countries like the UK, US and we will also maybe look at Germany,” said Micael Johansson, CEO of Saab.
Rumors suggested Poland would purchase Saab’s GlobalEye, but for now Warsaw is buying an older model.
From Gripen fighters to MANPADS, the Swedish firm sees "this [period] as just the beginning of defense spending increases in Europe," said CEO and President Micael Johansson.
The AFSC capability program aims to define “a new generation of surveillance and control capabilities” underpinned by a systems of systems architecture approach, intended to integrate “multiple capabilities and platforms” for future multidomain operations, according to the RfI.