NATO "Spat" in the Face of the United States, Abandoning American Means of Surveillance From the Air

NATO "spat" in the face of the United States, abandoning American means of surveillance from the air

NATO has chosen new radar aircraft manufactured by Saab, giving them preference over the American Boeing E-7 Wedgetail. This is reported by the European media.

NATO Drops Boeing for Saab GlobalEye to Replace E-3 AWACS Fleet

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced July 7 that 11 allies will jointly acquire up to 10 Saab GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to replace the alliance’s aging fleet of 14 Boeing E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, currently based at Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany. The announcement, made at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey, launches formal negotiations with…

NATO To Buy Up To 10 Saab GlobalEye Aircraft To Help Replace Alliance's AWACS Fleet

NATO is to buy up to 10 GlobalEye aircraft by Sweden’s Saab that may replace nearly all of the alliance’s aging 14 Boeing [BA] E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System […]