The contract is worth 8.4 billion euros and includes armaments as well as maintenance services. First aircraft will be delivered in 2025, but will only be taken to Europe in 2026

HX competition will have the winner announced before Christmas, says Finnish media. Aircraft will replace the F/A-18C/D in service since the 1990s

Saab, Lockheed, Eurofighter, Dassault and Boeing bid to replace 62 F / A-18C / D fighters that have been in service since the early 1990s