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 "slug": "bombardier-saab-globaleye-selected-as-nato-e-3a-sentry-replacement",
 "title": "Bombardier/Saab GlobalEye Selected as NATO E-3A Sentry Replacement",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/bombardier-saab-globaleye-selected-as-nato-e-3a-sentry-replacement/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/bombardier-saab-globaleye-selected-as-nato-e-3a-sentry-replacement/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-04-23T23:00:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-04T13:55:28.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 23 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * NSPA selects up to twelve Bombardier Global 6000/6500 airframes with Saab Erieye ER suite to replace the fourteen-aircraft Geilenkirchen E-3A fleet\n * First non-Boeing AWACS platform in NATO history; Germany expected to bear the largest cost share\n * Selection follows the November 2025 abandonment of the E-7A Wedgetail by NAEW&CF partners after USAF withdrawal\n\n\n\n\n\nNATO’s Support and Procurement Agency has selected the Bombardier/Saab Global",
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 "tags": [
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives",
  "air-space",
  "space-isr",
  "defense-industry"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "france",
  "germany",
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