Carney says Canada will buy European surveillance planes over two American options
Canada says the Saab GlobalEye will help track threats across the Arctic and support domestic production, with military officials earlier seeking six aircraft.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday that Canada will buy Swedish-designed Saab GlobalEye radar planes, completely bypassing two major American-manufactured competitors.
- The deal for six early warning aircraft involves a crucial domestic partnership, as Saab’s specialized surveillance systems will be integrated onto Canadian-built Bombardier Global 6500 business jets to heavily support local manufacturing.
- The selection shuts the door on high-profile U.S. bids, specifically knocking out Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail and L3Harris’s Aeris X systems, which had both been under close consideration by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
- The strategic pivot aligns with the Carney government’s broader policy to reduce military reliance on the United States, a shift fueled by recent geopolitical tensions with the Trump administration and a desire to independent patrol Canada's vast Arctic territory.
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OTTAWA >> Canada, which says it wants to reduce reliance on U.S. defense firms, today announced plans to buy a fleet of early warning planes from Sweden’s Saab rather than a competing option from Boeing.
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OTTAWA, Ontario, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bombardier applauds the federal government’s decision to invest in Canadian industry by favouring a made-in-Canada solution based on the Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft. We also would like to congratulate our long-standing partner…
The Carney government turned its back on the two U.S. manufacturers that were competing, L3Harris and Boeing.
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Carney says Canada will buy European surveillance planes over two American options.
Canada plans to buy early warning radar planes from Sweden’s Saab and Canada’s Bombardier, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday. The decision moves away from two American options. Carney said the Saab planes, built on Bombardier’s Global 6500 aircraft, will…
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Carney says Canada will buy European surveillance planes over two American options
Canada plans to buy early warning radar planes from Sweden’s Saab and Canada’s Bombardier, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday.
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