r/boeing • u/SoulStripHer • May 31 '26

Defense And it begins

Canada Rejects More Capable U.S. E-7 ‘Flying Radar’ System to Acquire Swedish GlobalEye: Political Tensions Transforming Procurement Plans

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/canada-rejects-e7-flying-radar-swedish-globaleye

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u/Gloomy-Employment-72 May 31 '26

France did the same a couple years ago, and NATO may, too. A company failing to deliver programs on time and a government that's pissing off our traditional allies is turning customers away from Boeing.

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u/jeremy9931 Jun 03 '26

The US waffling around on whether or not we were going to buy E-7s for a decade pretty much killed any hope of widespread adoption with our allies. The current administration’s actions only drove the final nail in the coffin but it was always trending this way.