Canada just named Saab as its preferred supplier for a new airborne early warning and control fleet: six GlobalEye aircraft worth more than five billion Canadian dollars. Boeing's E-7 Wedgetail, the plane the US Air Force, Australia, and Britain all chose, didn't make the cut. Before anyone hands Sweden a trophy, nothing's signed yet. But the signal Canada just sent is louder than the contract. In this video: how the GlobalEye and Wedgetail actually compare on the spec sheet, why Canada's Arctic surveillance problem makes the trade-offs look very different than they do in a NATO air war scenario, and why this decision was never really about which radar sees further. The GlobalEye also pairs well with the Gripen. They go together like Starsky and Hutch! Like Mork and Mindy! Like Laverne and Shirley! You get the point… I wrote about Canada’s possible Gripen buy over at Substack. Check it out.