c/world · by EatingOnions@lemmy.world · 39d

Saab lands more than €900 million order for two GlobalEye surveillance aircraft from undisclosed Middle Eastern customer

https://defence-industry.eu/saab-lands-more-than-e900-million-order-for-two-globaleye-surveillance-aircraft-from-undisclosed-middle-eastern-customer/

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ms_lane@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 39d (1 reply)

Apologies for the 'Far Reuter' source- https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/saab-pitches-globaleye-surveillance-planes-qatar-saudi-arabia-2025-11-21/

It's Qatar or Saudi Arabia.

Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 39d

Thank you

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 39d

“Undisclosed middle eastern country” sounds like it translates to “problematic middle eastern country”

Problem is it could be one of a few.

crimson_iris@piefed.social · 7 pts · 39d

Boeing:

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 6 pts · 39d (3 replies)

I'm sure this is going to be used for completely moral purposes.

Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 39d (2 replies)

They're for detecting things in the air, not people on the ground.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 2 pts · 39d (1 reply)

GlobalEye combines active and passive sensors to detect and identify objects at long range. The system is designed to monitor activity in the air, at sea and over land.

Seems they detect things on land too.

Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 38d

Primarily air, that's where you get the biggest benefit.

Buffalox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 39d

Congratulations from Denmark to our Swedish brothers. 👍 😎

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 38d

Well, I was minutes away from ordering a fleet of Saab for my multi-million dollar business, but not anymore.