The delivery period runs from 2024 to 2029. The aircraft type, designated S 106 in Sweden, is equipped with both active and passive sensors to monitor airspace, sea, and land.
"We are proud to contribute to Sweden's defence with an additional GlobalEye, which provides a unique overview and understanding of what is happening in the surrounding environment, as well as the capability to detect and provide early warning of possible threats in the air, at sea, or on land," says Micael Johansson, Saab's President and CEO, in the press release.
In May, the Tidö coalition parties announced that Sweden would donate its two airborne radar surveillance and command aircraft of the S 100D model (also known as the ASC 890), as part of the sixteenth military support package.
At a press conference, Defence Minister Pål Jonson (Moderate Party) stated that the government would therefore bring forward the procurement of the GlobalEye in order to cover the capability gap arising from the donation to Ukraine.
In addition, the Defence Minister announced that a third aircraft would be ordered, rather than the two that had originally been planned.