The Finnish Air Force organized a Joint Fires training event that focused on enhancing the interoperability of Allied F-35 fighter jets with Finnish Army and Navy weapon systems.
The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Finland, involving Northrop Grumman's M1156A1 Precision Guidance Kits (PGK) and related equipment.
Finnish defence company Patria is set to participate in Denmark's largest defence industry exhibition, DALO Industry Days.
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has taken delivery of the first batch of GTP-type armoured vehicles from Finnish supplier Sisu Oy.
Consortium led by Bittium and Lockheed Martin signed a framework agreement on the development of tactical networks’ cyber situational awareness.
Bittium supplies the Estonian Defence Forces with more products enabling next-generation tactical communications.
Patria has signed a Life Cycle Management (LCM) contract with Finland and Latvia for the Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme, based on Patria 6x6 vehicle.
The Finnish Air Force's first major NATO deployment to Romania succeeded as planned and achieved its objectives. F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets returned to Finland on 29 July 2024.
NATO’s Combined Air Operation Centre at Uedem, Germany, reported two Russian fighter aircraft flying over international waters in the Baltic Sea from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia on July 15.
The Finnish Air Force will participate with five F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters in the FWIC 24 flight operations exercise in Norway from July 10 to August 2, 2024.
Patria is building new production facilities in Jämsä Halli, where the production and assembly of structures for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighters will begin. Production will start in early 2026.
Sierra Nevada Corporation has been selected as the supplier of the following multirole aircraft for the Finnish Border Guard. The aircraft are planned to enter service in 2026 and 2027.
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