Danimarca, Germania e NATO tra le prospettive di vendita degli aerei da sorveglianza GlobalEye, afferma l’amministratore delegato di Saab

>European interest in Saab’s GlobalEye surveillance aircraft is continuing to build, as the Swedish company awaits the finalisation of a deal to supply the platform to the French air force.

>“We have interest from NATO, from Germany and from Denmark, and a number of other countries are looking into our GlobalEye system,” Saab chief executive Micael Johansson said during a third-quarter earnings call on 24 October.

>Saab’s GlobalEye customers to date are the United Arab Emirates and Sweden, with France also due to confirm an order

>Paris in June 2025 announced that it [**intended to buy two**](https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/france-and-saab-to-negotiate-globaleye-acquisition/163498.article) of the heavily-adapted Bombardier Global 6500s for use as airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) assets. It also secured an option to later increase this to four examples.

>“We are waiting for them to sign the contract as quickly as possible,” Johansson says.

>“A number of countries have a huge interest in our system,” he notes. “I hope that we will see the GlobalEye system taking a bigger position within the [NATO] alliance, with multiple countries going for GlobalEye.”

>Beyond those prospects, Johansson reveals: “We have a couple of interests also in the Middle East”, without identifying the parties involved.

>Saab in September 2024 [**delivered its fifth**](https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/fifth-delivery-completes-uaes-saab-globaleye-fleet/159983.article) and final Global 6000-based GlobalEye to have been acquired by launch operator the United Arab Emirates.

>Saudi Arabia is the only other Gulf Cooperation Council member to currently have an AEW&C capability, using an aged fleet of five Boeing E-3As.

>Another three examples of the GlobalEye are currently in production for the Swedish air force, with Stockholm’s first example due to be delivered in 2027.