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Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy supported sending a specified invitation to tender for the HX Fighter Programme

Government Communications DepartmentMinistry of Defence
Publication date 1.10.2019 11.59 | Published in English on 2.10.2019 at 10.12
Press release 487/2019

In its meeting of Tuesday 1 October, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy discussed the HX Fighter Programme of the Finnish Defence Forces.

The HX Fighter Programme was set up to replace the capabilities of Hornet fighters with new multi-role fighters. The fighter programme concerns the Air Force’s combat capability into the beginning of the 2060s, and the procurement is necessary to maintain a credible defence capability. The Government Programme states that the Hornet fleet capabilities will be fully replaced, and a procurement contract is scheduled to be concluded in 2021.

The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy supported sending a specified invitation to tender via the administrations of France, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom to five tenderers. The specified invitation to tender will be sent before the end of 2019.

Inquiries: Jukka Juusti, Permanent Secretary (Director of Communications Niina Hyrsky, tel.  +358 295 140 120) and Lauri Puranen, Programme Director for Strategic Projects, tel. +358 295 140 403, Ministry of Defence