Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
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Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#2The US doesn't even use the Wedgetail, and has cancelled and then un-cancelled it:
https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/pentagon-e-7-wedgetail-...
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#3It helps that the base plane is built in Canada, and that the PM made commitments to the Swedish king in November 2025.
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#4Saab makes excellent AWACS systems, this strikes me as a good choice. It'll be interesting to see if Canada also invests in the Gripen long-term, as a replacement for the aging CF-18 fleet.
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#5Now the interesting question to me is why is that a country with a tenth of population can have car, truck and military plane manufacturing yet Canada can’t, even with virtually all resources for inputs, including energy can’t.
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#6Bring back the Arrow
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#7Now the interesting question to me is why is that a country with a tenth of population can have car, truck and military plane manufacturing yet Canada can’t, even with virtually all resources for inputs, including energy can’t.
Sweden does not have a car industry. The fighter jets are a different matter, very strong technical moat and need to prove the system in combat. You can't just start a fighter jet business.
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#8Now the interesting question to me is why is that a country with a tenth of population can have car, truck and military plane manufacturing yet Canada can’t, even with virtually all resources for inputs, including energy can’t.
Sweden does not have a car industry. The fighter jets are a different matter, very strong technical moat and need to prove the system in combat. You can't just start a fighter jet business.
It does with Volvo, although I couldn't say how big it is relative to global industry. Within Europe it's a large player
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#9Now the interesting question to me is why is that a country with a tenth of population can have car, truck and military plane manufacturing yet Canada can’t, even with virtually all resources for inputs, including energy can’t.
Sweden does not have a car industry. The fighter jets are a different matter, very strong technical moat and need to prove the system in combat. You can't just start a fighter jet business.
Why are you discounting Volvo?
Re: Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers
#10Now the interesting question to me is why is that a country with a tenth of population can have car, truck and military plane manufacturing yet Canada can’t, even with virtually all resources for inputs, including energy can’t.
Sweden does not have a car industry. The fighter jets are a different matter, very strong technical moat and need to prove the system in combat. You can't just start a fighter jet business.
Volvo still produces cars in Sweden. Koenigsegg still build their cars in Ängelholm.