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Fresh details of Saab's GlobalEye surveillance aircraft emerge
A computer rendering of Saab's new GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, which was launched at the 2016 iteration of the Singapore Airshow. Source: Saab
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Speaking to IHS Jane's at the IQPC Airborne ISR and C2 Battle Management conference in London, Saab's Senior Director Airborne Surveillance Erik Winberg said the concept is based on a new surveillance aircraft ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November 2015. The USD1.27 billion deal calls for two Swing Role Surveillance Systems (SRSS) hosted on a Bombardier Global 6000 business jet and the upgrade of the service's existing Saab 340-based systems to the same standard.
The concept is centred around the new Erieye ER (extended range) S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) multi-mode radar that is claimed to have a detection range that has been improved by 70% over the previous generation model, which has a maximum stated range of 450 km. This has been achieved though the doubling of power output from the same power input, while also incorporating receiver and processing enhancements. Saab characterises this performance improvement as "reclaiming the detection distance" for small and future targets lost to developing stealth technologies.
The new radar is also able to function in heavy clutter and jamming conditions, has a high update rate and energy management for tracking priority targets and can detect challenging aircraft targets such as hovering helicopters using Doppler processing techniques. Aerial track identification is aided by IFF (Mode 5 or the customer's national standard), ADS-B and uploaded flight plans.
In the maritime domain the Erieye ER, coupled with the Selex Galileo SeaSpray 7500E I-band (8 to 12.5 GHz) ventral radar in the GlobalEye application is capable of detecting ships out to the radar horizon at around 400 km and smaller contacts the size of jet skis and rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) at very long range beyond the 100 n miles quoted by Saab for the previous Erieye radar.
Fresh details of Saab's GlobalEye surveillance aircraft emerge | IHS Jane's 360
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A computer rendering of Saab's new GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, which was launched at the 2016 iteration of the Singapore Airshow. Source: Saab
Key Points
- Saab has launched its GlobalEye Bombardier Global 6000 business jet-based ISR platform incorporating a new extended range version of the Erieye airborne radar
- Saab is offering three baseline configurations for GlobalEye covering the air, maritime and land domains and SIGINT
Speaking to IHS Jane's at the IQPC Airborne ISR and C2 Battle Management conference in London, Saab's Senior Director Airborne Surveillance Erik Winberg said the concept is based on a new surveillance aircraft ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November 2015. The USD1.27 billion deal calls for two Swing Role Surveillance Systems (SRSS) hosted on a Bombardier Global 6000 business jet and the upgrade of the service's existing Saab 340-based systems to the same standard.
The concept is centred around the new Erieye ER (extended range) S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) multi-mode radar that is claimed to have a detection range that has been improved by 70% over the previous generation model, which has a maximum stated range of 450 km. This has been achieved though the doubling of power output from the same power input, while also incorporating receiver and processing enhancements. Saab characterises this performance improvement as "reclaiming the detection distance" for small and future targets lost to developing stealth technologies.
The new radar is also able to function in heavy clutter and jamming conditions, has a high update rate and energy management for tracking priority targets and can detect challenging aircraft targets such as hovering helicopters using Doppler processing techniques. Aerial track identification is aided by IFF (Mode 5 or the customer's national standard), ADS-B and uploaded flight plans.
In the maritime domain the Erieye ER, coupled with the Selex Galileo SeaSpray 7500E I-band (8 to 12.5 GHz) ventral radar in the GlobalEye application is capable of detecting ships out to the radar horizon at around 400 km and smaller contacts the size of jet skis and rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) at very long range beyond the 100 n miles quoted by Saab for the previous Erieye radar.
Fresh details of Saab's GlobalEye surveillance aircraft emerge | IHS Jane's 360
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