Terran
Well-Known Member
Upside downside on the 2030s timeline. Upside if they go Boeing “C”E7 then by that point the USAF should have completed its acquisition. The USAF E7 program is likely to dominate the production line for the foreseeable future. So a later step after or about last stage of USAF delivery would give the Canadians three things. First a strong position of getting the most modern configurations. Second a cheaper price package and third the USAF as a training partnership via NORAD.
For Saab Globaleye it’s likely going to depend on what happens to the European market and particularly the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control program for the French. If the French government accelerates AFSC and buys Globaleye and in a larger fleet than the E4F fleet’s 4 ships than by the 2030s Canada may have a good chance of having the ability to buy. If they don’t. Then it may be that by the 2030s timeframe they will be looking at a completely different market and forced to either pay for redevelopment of a product like the British are for the E7 Wedgetail or some yet to be introduced product. A 20 year procurement cycle like this is just to damned slow. I mean had they used this model in ww2 then the RCAF would have been using world war 1 wood and fabric biplanes.
For Saab Globaleye it’s likely going to depend on what happens to the European market and particularly the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control program for the French. If the French government accelerates AFSC and buys Globaleye and in a larger fleet than the E4F fleet’s 4 ships than by the 2030s Canada may have a good chance of having the ability to buy. If they don’t. Then it may be that by the 2030s timeframe they will be looking at a completely different market and forced to either pay for redevelopment of a product like the British are for the E7 Wedgetail or some yet to be introduced product. A 20 year procurement cycle like this is just to damned slow. I mean had they used this model in ww2 then the RCAF would have been using world war 1 wood and fabric biplanes.
