The order value of the two jets is approximately SEK 7.3 billion ($713.97 million) and the contract period is 2022-2027.
Swedish Aircraft manufacturer Saab has signed an agreement with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) to deliver two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) airplane. The request incorporates two GlobalEye airplane with conveyances arranged during 2027. The request esteem is roughly SEK 7.3 billion ($713.97 million) and the agreement period is 2022-2027. The agreement likewise incorporates choices that enable FMV to order up to two extra GlobalEye.
Saab’s GlobalEye features the Erieye Extended Range radar, which has a scope of in excess of 550 kilometers, as well as a set-up of cutting edge sensors and an order and control framework coordinated into the Global 6000 airplanes.
Saab’s President and CEO Micael Johansson, said, “GlobalEye will provide Sweden with world-class airborne early warning and control capability. Saab’s most important mission is to keep people and societies safe, and I am proud that GlobalEye will further strengthen the Swedish Armed Forces’ capability.”
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GlobalEye gives a strong advance warning and control capacity over air, ocean and land, and can give real-time data to units in the Air Force, Army and Navy. This empowers situational consciousness of the encompassing regions and early recognition of dangers. Notwithstanding the tactical ability, GlobalEye can likewise be utilized for assignments supporting civilian society, for instance by driving and planning salvage missions during cataclysmic events or bigger mishaps adrift or ashore.
