The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Canada has entered into negotiations to buy Swedish-made Saab early-warning aircraft technology, picking a non-U.S. supplier as Prime Minister Mark Carney makes good on a promise to reduce spending on American military gear. The Globe's Steven Chase writes that the PM announced the selection at the annual Cansec defence trade show in Ottawa on Wednesday. He said Canada will proceed with the GlobalEye system made by Saab. Other contenders were the Aeris X by L3Harris and E-7 Wedgetail by Boeing, which one defence analyst says is the favoured choice by the Canadian military. The GlobalEye early-warning system will be installed on Global 6500 jets made by Bombardier in Canada. Mr. Carney told the Cansec audience that the assumptions that have defined decades of Canadian defence policy have been overturned. He added that battlefield threats have changed and multiplied. Left unmentioned was Canada's long-standing security partnership with the United States, which has become strained under U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionism, threats to Canada's sovereignty and frequent policy shifts. Airborne early warning and control aircraft will help track incoming threats.