NATO Snubs Trump, Selects Saab GlobalEye Over Boeing to Replace Aging AWACS Fleet

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Source: meidasnews.com


Jul 7, 2026 12:18 PM EDT By Aaron Parnas



NATO has taken a major step toward modernizing its airborne surveillance capabilities by selecting Sweden’s Saab GlobalEye early warning aircraft as the preferred replacement for its decades-old AWACS fleet, according to Reuters.

As Donald Trump was landing in Türkiye for this week’s NATO Summit, the alliance made the decision to choose Sweden’s company over Boeing. The proposed acquisition could be worth as much as $4.5 billion and includes the purchase of up to 10 aircraft. If negotiations proceed as expected, Saab says deliveries could begin in 2030, with each aircraft expected to cost between $400 million and $450 million.

The decision marks a significant win for Saab over U.S. aerospace giant Boeing, whose E-7 Wedgetail was also competing for the contract. NATO’s existing Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft have served since the Cold War, but alliance leaders have long called for a new generation of airborne surveillance is needed to address evolving threats, including drone swarms and increasingly complex battlefields......................



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[Joinfortmill]

1. More winning.

[paleotn]

2. Smart strategic move on hardware vital to their defense

[Lonestarblue]

3. It seems that NATO leaders are finally tired of trying to appease Trump with shiny objects and ass kissing.

The decision hurts Boeing but is payback for Trump's threats and bullying. When are we supposed to start winning?

[wnylib]

6. Europeans learned a hard lesson in the last century about appeasement.

[dave99]

4. All those "American" corps hitching their products to ShitForBrains now out of the loop for BILLIONs in continuing work.

The Board of Directors and all Cxx levels should be kicked out with no compensation parachtues

[Mysterian]

5. NATO is wise to reduce reliance on US materiel

The President of the U.S.A. is a toady of Vladimir Putin.

[popsdenver]

7. You can bet your sweet bippies

That all the European NATO countries have for years, been secretly meeting and organizing in covert meetings and forming a game plan in regards to the U.S. and Trump.......esp with Putin currently testing the border of Poland????? And Putin having screwed with Ukraine.....

[Wounded Bear]

8. Sweden builds good shit...nt

[erronis]

9. I imagine that Boeing and other established airplane manufacturers priced themselves out.

When only a few companies compete for certain very expensive products, they rarely decrease their prices on a bid in order to win the contract. If they do, then other buyers that have already paid for a similar product will feel gypped (and rightfully so.)

Lockheed-Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Airbus and just a few others had a monopoly, especially to western governments. I'll make an informed guess that there was a lot of collusion at the higher levels of these companies (also sharing of executives.)

[renordgren]

10. ...and Canada just went to Germany

to supply submarines. A good prelude to this sh*t show…

[SamuelAdams]

11. His policies are bringing manufacturing back bigly!

[QueerDuck]

12. Congrats to SAAB!! --- Nobody wants to be beholden to, or reliant upon a nation that is unreliable...

... and that cannot be trusted. This is why Linux is replacing Windows in many EU regions.

[jmowreader]

13. I can think of another good reason to choose that platform

“Fuck Trump” is always a good reason to do anything, but there’s another one that makes more sense.

SAAB GlobalEye is installed in a Bombardier Global 6000 business jet. E-7 Wedgetail is installed in a Boeing 737-800. The Global 6000 burns 250 gallons per hour less fuel than the 737-800 and it’s cheaper to maintain, doesn’t take up as much ramp space and doesn’t need one of those truck mounted ladders to board like an airliner does so it can use more of their airbases without having to buy a lot of ground support equipment.

If your mission only involves keeping one continent safe and you don’t have generals who look at any Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance system and ask “what else can we make this do?” this is the better aircraft.