The HX competition to replace the F / A 18 Hornets of the Finnish Air Force is nearing its end, while all the proposals of the 5 manufacturers involved, Boeing with…
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Will 2021 be the year of the Rafale?
In 2007, the French Defense Minister of the Fillon government, Hervé Morin, was full of criticism and reservations about the Rafale program: too efficient, too ...
Read the articleWill the sale of F35A to the UAE limit the performance of devices offered to Switzerland or Finland?
A few days before the American presidential election, President Trump seems to be using all his power to speed up the procedure relating to the sale of the F35A fighter to the Arab Emirates ...
Read the articleSaab presents its finery to support its media campaign in Finland
The aircraft manufacturer Saab has obviously not hesitated to put the means to support its communication campaign around the participation of its Gripen E / F accompanied by the GlobalEye in ...
Read the articleFinland wants to increase its defense budget by 54% in 2021
In order to respond to the first tranche of funding for the HX program intended to replace its F-18 fleet, the Finnish Ministry of Defense presented on August 13 ...
Read the articleWhat is the deferred Rafale contract that Dassault CEO Eric Trappier referred to?
On the occasion of the presentation of the half-year results to the group's shareholders, Eric Trappier, CEO of Dassault Aviation since 2013, referred to a contract relating to the sale ...
Read the articleSAAB's new lightweight torpedo is set to revolutionize coastal anti-submarine warfare
Last week, the Swedish SAAB announced that it had carried out the first shots of its new SLWT (Saab Lightweight Torpedo), both from a Visby corvette and since…
Read the articleWhat really happened to the F-35s deployed in Finland?
In a previous article, we came back to the words of the Finnish HX program manager, Lauri Puranen, who commented on the problems encountered by the F-35 in the context of ...
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