Canada intends to buy Saab early warning aircraft, says Carney

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OTTAWA, May 27 (Reuters) - Canada has entered into negotiations to buy a fleet of GlobalEye early warning aircraft from Sweden's Saab, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Wednesday.
The GlobalEye is based on Bombardier's Global 6500 jet. Boeing's E-7 Wedgetail plane had also been in contention.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren, editing by Promit Mukherjee)
((Reuters Ottawa editorial; david.ljunggren@tr.com))
Keywords: CANADA DEFENSE/PLANES