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🇸🇪 Saab GlobalEye
Air · Saab (İsveç) · platform: Bombardier Global 6000/6500 (Kanada) · 2020 (BAE Hava Kuvvetleri ilk teslimat)
Saab's GlobalEye fits the Erieye ER GaN-AESA plus maritime and ground sensors onto a Bombardier Global 6000 business jet — a multi-domain AEW&C with 11+ hours endurance, very low operating cost and air/sea/land surveillance in one platform.
Specifications
- Type: Multi-role Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) + maritime surveillance
- Manufacturer / origin: Saab (Sweden); platform Bombardier Global 6000/6500 (Canada)
- Main sensor: Erieye ER AESA radar (GaN T/R modules, ~10 m antenna, dorsal mounted)
- Radar range: ~450 km at 30,000 ft; ~550 km at 35,000 ft; 458+ km for low-altitude targets
- Additional sensors: Seaspray 7500E maritime radar (SAR/GMTI), EO/IR (EOS), ISAR, AIS
- Engine: 2× Rolls-Royce BR710A2-20 turbofans, each ~14,750 lbf thrust
- Speed / ceiling: Max ~Mach 0.89 (~1,098 km/h); service ceiling ~51,000 ft
- Dimensions / weight: Length ~30.3 m, wingspan ~28.7 m; MTOW ~45 tons
- Mission endurance: 11+ hours (platform range 6,000+ nm)
- Crew / stations: 5 operator stations + flight crew
- Service year: 2020 (UAE); Sweden S 106 from 2027, France 2029-2032
Beats: Boeing E-3 Sentry (ABD) — eski mekanik tarayıcılı Westinghouse radar yerine modern GaN AESA; çok daha düşük işletme/uçuş saati maliyeti, Northrop E-2D Hawkeye (ABD) — iş jeti platformu çok daha uzun görev süresi (11+ saat) ve menzil sunar; ek deniz/kara gözetim sensör paketi entegre, Beriev A-50/A-100 (Rusya) — modern AESA + çok-domain sensör füzyonu, çok daha düşük imza ve işletme maliyeti
Loses to: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (ABD/Avustralya) — daha büyük 737 gövdesi daha fazla operatör/iş istasyonu, daha geniş güç-soğutma bütçesi ve NATO standardı yaygınlık sağlar, Boeing E-3 Sentry (ABD) — 360° dönen radom GlobalEye'ın yan-bakışlı dorsal anteninin uçlarındaki kapsama boşluklarına kıyasla tam çevresel örtü verir, KJ-2000/KJ-500 (Çin) — büyük gövdeli platform daha geniş dairesel AESA anten ve daha fazla mürettebat kapasitesi taşır
GlobalEye's edge is modern multi-domain sensing at low cost: GaN AESA, a maritime radar, EO/IR and AIS fused on a long-endurance bizjet. Its side-looking dorsal antenna leaves coverage gaps at the beam ends that a 360° rotating dome avoids, and a small airframe carries fewer operators than a 737-class AWACS — but for the price and endurance it is among the most capable AEW platforms flying.
Related systems
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM
