Internationale AEW&C ontwikkelingen

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Saab to provide more Erieye AEW&C aircraft

Saab announced on 18 May that it has received an order from an unnamed customer for its Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C solution, under a SEK1.55 billion ($158.37 million) contract.

An undisclosed number of aircraft will be delivered between 2020 and 2023.

Saab will carry out the work in Sweden at sites in Arboga, Gothenburg, Järfälla, Linköping and Luleå.

The AEW&C system comprises the Saab 2000 aircraft equipped with the Swedish company's Erieye airborne radar and a range of other sensors.

According to Shephard Defence Insight, launch customer Pakistan took delivery of four aircraft between 2009 and 2010. Three of these were damaged in a 2012 terrorist attack, including one which was written off. The two remaining aircraft were repaired locally and returned to service.

Pakistan ordered three more Saab 2000 Erieyes in 2017 for $152 million. The final aircraft in this order was delivered to the Pakistan Air Force in April 2019.

In 2014, Saudi Arabia took delivery of two Saab 2000 Erieyes modified from secondhand Swedish transport aircraft. 

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-warfare/saab-provide-more-erieye-aewc-aircraft/

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UAE takes delivery of first Saab GlobalEye

By Craig Hoyle | 29 April 2020

The United Arab Emirates' first of potentially five GlobalEye swing-role surveillance aircraft has touched down in Abu Dhabi following a delivery flight from Linkoping, Sweden.

Arriving on 29 April, the aircraft was the second of three GlobalEyes prepared for the UAE, and first flown as SE-RMZ in January 2019. This asset had been used primarily for system-level testing, including of its data links, and command and control trials in support of the development activity.

Acceptance testing will now be conducted by UAE air force personnel, with this process supported by Saab's in-country team. It has already delivered training for the customer's pilots and ground-system operators.

A schedule for subsequent deliveries has not been disclosed, but Saab chief executive Micael Johansson notes that the company has a "rather tight schedule".

Once operational, GlobalEye will provide the UAE with the capability to simultaneously perform surveillance of airborne, land and maritime threats. Its sensor suite includes Saab Erieye ER airborne early warning and Leonardo Seaspray 7500E maritime search radars.

Saab launched the Bombardier Global 6000 long-range business jet-based GlobalEye with a two-aircraft order at the Dubai air show in November 2015. The UAE subsequently signed for a third unit, before Saab last November announced that it was in negotiations to deliver a further two.

Johansson says discussions are continuing with the UAE over the follow-on deal, which the company has previously valued at around $1 billion.

"We are still in negotiations, according to the plan," he says, adding: "I look forward to concluding that [process] as quickly as possible."

While Bombardier has progressed production to the Global 6500 airframe, Johansson says Saab has options to acquire two more green examples in the 6000 configuration to meet UAE requirements.

Johansson says Saab is confident of securing further orders for GlobalEye, with Finland, South Korea and Sweden viewed as potential future users. He describes adapting the system for Bombardier's Global 6500 as "not a major effort", but rather "an incremental work package".


Source: Saab

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/uae-takes-delivery-of-first-saab-globaleye/138137.article

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Secretary General marks $1 billion contract to modernise NATO's fleet of AWACS aircraft

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_171307.htm

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NATO to upgrade its AWACS surveillance aircraft for $1 billion

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2019/11/20/nato-to-upgrade-its-awacs-surveillance-aircraft-for-1-billion/

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​PICTURES: UAE GlobalEye makes Dubai debut

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-uae-globaleye-makes-dubai-debut-462283/


Max Kingsley-Jones/FlightGlobal


Max Kingsley-Jones/FlightGlobal

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DUBAI: Saab GlobalEye debuts with launch order

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/dubai-saab-globaleye-debuts-with-launch-order-462268/


Max Kingsley-Jones/FlightGlobal

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Northrop Grumman to build nine more E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft for JASDF

https://www.janes.com/article/91596/northrop-grumman-to-build-nine-more-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-aircraft-for-jasdf


Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract modification for the production of nine more E-2D aircraft for Japan. Source: Northrop Grumman

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French Navy firms up plans to buy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

https://www.janes.com/article/91573/french-navy-firms-up-plans-to-buy-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye


A French Navy Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft. The service is looking to replace the three aircraft it fields with the same number of the latest-variant E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. (Henri-Pierre Grolleau)

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U.S. Navy receives first E-2D Hawkeye with aerial refueling capability

https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-navy-receives-first-e-2d-hawkeye-with-aerial-refueling-capability.html


The first aerial refuelling-capable E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning and control aircraft was delivered to VAW 120 on 9 September. Source: US Navy

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Indian Air Force receives second indigenous AEW&C system

https://www.janes.com/article/91161/indian-air-force-receives-second-indigenous-aew-c-system

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Saab flies third GlobalEye

https://www.janes.com/article/90770/saab-flies-third-globaleye

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Budget spat puts Boeing contract for AWACS upgrades at risk: sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-boeing-awacs/budget-spat-puts-boeing-contract-for-awacs-upgrades-at-risk-sources-idUSKCN1VC2NN

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Boeing to upgrade Japanese E-767

http://airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/2019-news-aerospace-industry-air-force/august/5330-boeing-to-upgrade-japanese-e-767.html

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Operators of NATO's surveillance plane reveal what they want in its replacement

https://www.defensenews.com/smr/a-modern-nato/2019/08/08/operators-of-natos-surveillance-plane-reveal-what-they-want-in-its-replacement/

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Lockheed Martin Receives Award from Northrop Grumman to Produce More APY-9 Radars for the United States Navy's E-2D program

https://news.lockheedmartin.com/news-releases?item=128776