Canada May Slash Its F-35 Stealth Fighter Order From 88 Jets to Just 30

Canada May Slash Its F-35 Stealth Fighter Order From 88 Jets to Just 30

Summary and Key Points: Canada has selected Sweden’s Saab GlobalEye as its new Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at the CANSEC defense show. Built on a Canadian-made Bombardier Global 6500 jet, the GlobalEye carries an Erieye radar that can track threats on land, sea, or air from 400 miles away — a priority as Arctic activity intensifies. The choice may also signal Canada scaling back its F-35 orde…