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The Finish Air Force is now officially looking for a fighter to replace it's 61 F/A-18C/D jets in about 10 - 15 years.
Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen E, Super Hornet and Lightening II are most likely in the race. That is a long way into the future and I wonder if the SH especially will still be available then.

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Defence minister Jussi Niinistö authorised the air force on 20 October to begin the selection process for the HX fighter project.

Five fighters – the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin F-35 and Saab Gripen E – were named as candidates in a preliminary HX fighter project assessment released by the defence ministry.

The 64-page assessment recommends that the air force send requests for information to the potential bidders in February 2016, with responses due next October.

Requests for quotations will be sent out in February 2018, followed by the release of a final tender 12 months later. Contract award is recommended to occur in February 2021, with initial operational capability to be declared by the end of 2026 and full operational capability set for mid-2031.

Cost and low-observability have been an early focus of inquiry for the HX fighter project.

A report on lifecycle costs for current and future fighter capabilities was completed by a defence ministry working group last April. Another project analysing the utility of low observable – or stealth – technology now and in the future is due to conclude by the end of the year.

The ministry’s working group has recommended that the current F/A-18C/D fleet be retired as scheduled between 2025 and 2030. The cost of a service life-extension programme is considered risky and prohibitive, as is the prospect of becoming the sole operator of C/D-model Hornet’s existing mission computer after 2021.

The acquisition cost of the new fighter fleet is not possible within the defence ministry’s normal funding allotment, according to Niinistö’s statement. The Finnish parliament must decide how to finance the project under the legislature’s budget authority.
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Others, SM-2 and ESSM fired you can see black traces of the shot, have a location for one other VLS with 8 cell's.

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The next generation surface combatant, which is going to be bigger than the current missile boats and more capable for international co-operation, is currently in pre-development stageThis new class of multi-purpose naval vessels, referred to as Monitoimialus 2020 ("Multi-purpose vessel 2020") or Laivue 2020 ("Squadron 2020")
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in the preliminary papers, is intended to replace the Hämeenmaa- and Pohjanmaa-class minelayers and Rauma-class missile boats as they are retired.The goal is to replace seven vessels with at least four new surface combatants.In September 2015, the
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officially authorized the Finnish Navy to start developing "Squadron 2020". The design stage is planned to continue until 2018 and the vessels will be built in 2019–2024. The projected cost of four vessels is about 1.2 billion euro
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