Defense Ministry Issues Update On Hornet Replacement, Corvette Procurement

Finland will make a final decision on the Squadron 2020 corvette program in the coming weeks and will issue bidder-specific requests for proposals (RfPs) for its Hornet replacement (HX) program before the end of the year, reports defense-aerospace.com. The defense ministry has completed negotiations for the Squadron 2020 project and is now preparing to bring a “feasible proposal to the Council of State”, Lauri Puranen, program director for Strategic Projects, said in a Finnish...