
Finnish Navy Hamina-class Fast-Attack Craft fires Torpedo for the First Time
Finnish Navy press release The firing was conducted by fast-attack craft Tornio. This was the first time that a torpedo has been launched from a

Finnish Navy press release The firing was conducted by fast-attack craft Tornio. This was the first time that a torpedo has been launched from a
Kongsberg Maritime AS, Sensor & Robotics is celebrating the signing of a contract with Saab that will see KONGSBERG delivering its market-leading Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and diver detection sonars for the Pohjanmaa-class corvettes currently being developed by the Finnish Navy under its Squadron 2020 project.

Patria has delivered the first modernized Hamina-class missile boat to the Finnish Navy (Merivoimat). The first modernized vessel is FNS Tornio with pennant number 81.

Insitu deployed its ScanEagle UAS aboard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Turva to demonstrate its unmatched maritime domain awareness capabilities during a five-day trial for the Finnish Border Guard. The test was part of the ongoing Valvonta2 project (Surveillance2), led by the Finnish Border Guard and funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.

Aker Arctic will supply propellers and shaft lines for the new Finnish Navy multi-role corvettes: The Pohjanmaa-class (Squadron-2020 program)

On 26 September Saab received an order to provide and integrate the combat system for the Finnish Navy’s new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 programme. Here is an overview of the systems that Saab will deliver.

In accordance with Finland’s Ministry of Defence’s proposition, the Government of Finland has today selected Saab as the combat system provider and integrator for the Finnish Navy’s four new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 programme.

Schiebel’s proven CAMCOPTER® S-100 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Air System (UAS) performed a five-day maritime surveillance demonstration aboard Finnish Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Turva.

The Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF) recently delivered parts of Torped 45 anti-submarine torpedoes to Finland, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) stated on September 2, 2019.

Finnish Navy’s Pohjanmaa-class corvette acquisition project is proceeding well after having been delayed by a change of government and longer than expected contract negotiations. The Finnish Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy gave its approval for the continuation of the process.