NATO eyes Saab GlobalEye to replace AWACS planes in historic shift from the U.S.

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cf100clunk•about 5 hours ago

This comes as Canada contemplates a mixed fleet of F-35 and Saab Gripen fighter jets, along with GlobalEye aicraft. Saab's pitch includes this concept of data sovereignty:

''Gripen data will also be housed here, securely within Canadian borders," Saab spokesperson Sierra Fullerton said. "With the fighter mission system, communications, and technical data all hosted in Canada, Gripen exceeds all industrial, security, and controlled goods requirements. With Gripen, the Royal Canadian Air Force will have full, independent control over aircraft, software, and sensitive data.''

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/saab-pitches-data...

cyanydeez•about 4 hours ago

the gripen also has a much lower total cost of ownership. As ukraine demonstrate, and now Iran, real local control of a region will be hyper local and filled with low cost drones. Expensive and high maintenance weapons are essentially first strike and regional defense.

pogue•about 4 hours ago

We'll see Europe and other parts of the world slowly shed US tech piece by piece over years. Regardless of which party wins the next election, the damage is done. America has proved it's an unreliable ally and cannot be trusted.

jqpabc123•about 5 hours ago

What we're seeing here is that "America First" really means "America Alone" which really means "China and Russia win".

NATO eyes Saab GlobalEye to replace AWACS planes in historic shift from the U.S.

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