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Saab Flies Second GlobalEye, Revises Gripen E Production
Saab has achieved a significant milestone in the GlobalEye program for the UAE with the first flight of the second aircraft
The second GlobalEye leaves Linköping's runway for the first time on Januray 3. (photo: Saab)
The second GlobalEye leaves Linköping's runway for the first time on Januray 3. (photo: Saab)

Saab celebrated the new year with the first flight of the second GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft. Wearing Swedish civil registration SE-RMZ, the aircraft lifted off from the company’s Linköping facility at 11 a.m. on January 3, for a two-hour, 54-minute flight crewed by two test pilots and a test engineer. “Today’s successful first flight is another major step for GlobalEye. We received the initial contract in late 2015, completed the maiden flight with the first aircraft in March 2018 and now we have the second aircraft in the air just over nine months later,” noted Anders Carp, head of Saab’s business area Surveillance.


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