The OEM is actively marketing the platform to NATO countries as a potential replacement for the alliance’s Boeing E-3A Sentry as well as to South Korea, which is seeking additional AEW platforms to bolster its existing fleet of Boeing E-7 Peace Eye aircraft. Sweden also has options for an additional two aircraft, and Saab is exploring whether these could be potentially procured through an arrangement with neighboring air forces in Denmark, Finland and Norway. The GlobalEye backlog has been bolstered by the domestic sale of two aircraft for the Swedish Air Force, due for delivery in 2027. These aircraft had previously been operated by the UAE but were given back to the manufacturer after delivery of the GlobalEyes. The company recently sold two Erieye radar-equipped Saab 340s to Poland so Warsaw could meet an urgent AEW requirement. With the GlobalEye’s development, Saab has reemerged as a player in the international AEW market, following the success of earlier Erieye-equipped Saab 340s, 2000s and Embraer 145 regional airliners. Under the forward fuselage is an electro-optical camera system, allowing for long-range visual identification of targets that can also be mounted. Leonardo’s Seaspray 7500E active electronically scanned array surface-search radar for land and sea surveillance is fitted into a fairing in front of the wing box. Saab’s Erieye ER radar is fitted into a ski-box-like fairing on top of the fuselage. The GlobalEye brings together an AEW and surface-surveillance capability into a single platform. Both are due to be delivered to the UAE customer in 2024. A fifth aircraft is due to fly in the coming weeks. Three have already been delivered, while a fourth aircraft-equipped with an updated electronic surveillance measures (ESM) suite-flew in April. DUBAI-Saab is getting ready to fly the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) fifth GlobalEye swing-role surveillance platform as the company sees an uptick in international interest in the business-jet-based airborne early warning aircraft (AEW).Īs the platform’s launch customer, Abu Dhabi has a total of five GlobalEye aircraft on order, two of which came from a top-up order placed in December 2020.
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