Kanada går vidare i upphandlingen av övervakningsflygplan tillsammans med Saab. Inga faktiska beställningar ännu dock.
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 lokala partnern i GlobalEye-projektet är CAE (tidigare Canadian Aviation Electronics):
Ett informativt nyhetsinslag om ämnet (CBC News, 3 min):
