Farnborough 2018: Saab looks to Europe and Asia for GlobalEye orders
Following the formal roll out of its GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft in February, Saab is targeting Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions for future military and civil orders.
Launch customer UAE – has already committed to the purchase of three systems but the Swedish manufacturer is confident new contracts can be signed as the focus on surveillance capabilities across land, air and sea domains intensifies.
Lars Tossman, VP/head of airborne surveillance systems at Saab, said that a changing political landscape and geopolitical tensions in Russia and China are adding to international surveillance market growth, the like of
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