Canada gør fremskridt i anskaffelsen af overvågningsfly sammen med Saab. Dog ingen egentlige ordrer endnu.
The announcement was made by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at CANSEC, Canada’s largest defence and security trade show. Saab has offered to build, maintain and upgrade the Canadian GlobalEyes with a team of Canadian partners. The goal is to transfer knowledge and technology to Canada that will grow the domestic defence industry. Saab also plans to invest in research and development work in Canada, as part of the future programme.
Den lokale partner i GlobalEye-projektet er CAE (tidligere Canadian Aviation Electronics):
Informativt indslag om emnet i nyhederne (CBC News, 3 min):