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A Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft with its radar bar on the fuselage landing at an air show

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Saab presents first GlobalEye for Sweden, which has ordered three of the airborne early warning aircraft

Saab has presented the first GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft for the Swedish Air Force, which will now undergo testing and verification before its first flight and delivery.

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Saab has presented the first GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft ordered by Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the Swedish Air Force. The company announced the milestone on 15 October.

The aircraft will now go through testing and verification before its first flight and delivery to the customer. Saab’s announcement gives no delivery date.

What Sweden has ordered

According to Saab, Sweden has ordered three GlobalEye aircraft. FMV contracted the first two in 2022, with an option for more, and the third was ordered in 2024. Saab describes the system as a long-range surveillance platform that combines active and passive sensors to detect and identify objects in the air, at sea and over land, and that shares a common operational picture in real time with air forces, armies and navies.

Saab chief executive Micael Johansson said: “The presentation of Sweden’s first GlobalEye marks an important milestone for both Saab and the Swedish Armed Forces.”

Part of a busy week for Saab and FMV

The presentation came on the same day Saab announced a separate FMV order for a new-generation Gripen flight control computer, covered in Saab wins SEK 1.3 billion order from Sweden’s FMV for a new Gripen flight control computer. Sweden has also been adjusting its contribution to allied deterrence, as in Sweden asks parliament to approve land, naval and air contributions to NATO deterrence in 2027.

Airborne early warning aircraft act as radar platforms in the sky, extending the range at which low-flying aircraft and missiles can be seen. The photograph with this article shows a Saab GlobalEye in Swedish registration at an air show and is not an image of the aircraft presented on 15 October.

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