Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen hailed plans on Wednesday for six NATO member states including Britain and France to ...

A conscript army, training, shelters, but above all, a survival mentality under any conditions. These are just some of the ...

Solar panels have also been installed on Defence Forces facilities all the way up into Lapland, where one building at the Someroharju garrison has been fitted with the panels. The Finnish military ...

Finnish Defence Forces have proposed to the Ministry of Defence that the F-35 be the state's newest combat aircraft, Finnish media outlet Iltalehti said on Sunday, citing sources close to the ...

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine three years ago, Finland, which shares an 800-mile border with Russia, joined the Nato military alliance and began expanding its reservist forces amid ...

Germany is planning to buy up to €5 billion worth of armoured vehicles from Finnish firm Patria, aiming to replace its ageing ...

OULU, Finland, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SensorFu and the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command have entered into an agreement to bolster the cyber resilience of the Finnish Defence Forces.

Finland will purchase 64 of Lockheed Martin’s F-35A fighter jets. The Finnish air force has a fleet of more than 60 F-18 Hornets, acquired in the early 1990s. It started looking for a successor ...

Eighteen member states have put in requests for Commission-issued loans to finance defence projects, with Poland asking for ...

The president also represents the country at NATO meetings and acts as commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces. "There have been very big changes and shifts, not only in Europe but the ...