Interviewed by the Finnish site Kauppalehti, the person in charge of the HX program spoke the day before yesterday about the HX Challenge competition who opposes the Rafale French, the American F-35 and F/A-18E, the Swedish JAS-39E Gripen and the Typhoon European Union for the renewal of the F/A-18 fighters of the Finnish Air Force. In recent months, planes have flown one after the other in Finland to verify, through a flight test program, that their operational characteristics correspond to those announced by the manufacturers. Assessments on logistics and military capabilities adapted to Finnish operating methods should follow later in the year.
Among other general questions, Lauri Puranen wanted to answer more incisive questions about certain competitors. If the Rafale, Typhoon and the Super Hornet were not mentioned once by the interviewer, SAAB's Gripen and Lockheed Martin's F-35 seem to attract the attention of Finnish analysts. And Lauri Puranen apparently did not see fit to be kind to the competitors, in particular the American F-35.
About Gripen in Finland
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