Canada selects Saab surveillance jets over U.S. rivals (opens in new tab)

Canada selected Sweden’s Saab as the preferred supplier for negotiations on an airborne early warning and control fleet, choosing the GlobalEye system built on Bombardier’s Canadian-made Global 6500 business jet over U.S.-made options from Boeing and L3Harris, Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Canadian government said May 27 at the CANSEC defense show in Ottawa. Canada has previously said it wants six radar aircraft, though Carney did not disclose the fleet size or contract value, and the go...