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Saab Planning Potential GlobalEye Production in Canada
New line could help support growing global demand for surveillance aircraft
Saab’s GlobalEye surveillance aircraft features five or six side-by-side operator workstations, with a roof-mounted 10-meter-long EriEye radar.
Saab’s GlobalEye surveillance aircraft features five or six side-by-side operator workstations, with a roof-mounted 10-meter-long EriEye radar.

Amid growing global demand for Saab’s GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft—a missionized Bombardier Global 6500—the Swedish OEM is seeking ways to boost deliveries. While Saab maintains it is committed to delivering four GlobalEyes a year starting in 2030, it stressed that “production is not fixed,” with a likely Canadian production facility established to augment output.

In August, Saab CEO Micael Johansson said the company was already investing to increase GlobalEye production capacity. However, the “industry setup to create scale in Europe is maybe the most challenging thing we have now,” he suggested.

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