Share with your friendsFINLAND still has to learn how to take advantage of the opportunities that NATO membership brings to the defence industry: understanding NATO’s procurement practices. Also, network more broadly internationally is needed. Also, investors have started to take
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Share with your friendsSweden is leaving behind 200 years as a non-aligned country after the Hungarian parliament approved Sweden’s NATO membership. Just days before, Hungary decided to buy four additional Saab Gripen C fighters. “Sweden is leaving behind 200 years
Share with your friendsFor over a century, Western military forces have largely enforced strict grooming standards, particularly regarding beards. During the World War 1, chlorine and mustard gas attacks necessitated a clean-shaven face for effective gas mask seals. Now, both
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Share with your friendsRheinmetall and an unnamed French company will increase its ammunition production to supply the German Ministry of Defence for more than $400 million worth of 155mm artillery shells for Ukraine. The Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall has recently secured a
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Saab’s Stirling engine is quiet and vibration free. No vibrations spread out to the hull making the submarine silent in the water and therefore difficult to find. By heating and cooling the gas in a Stirling engine, the piston can move in a cylinder. The submarine can then use cold seawater for cooling and liquid oxygen and diesel to create the heating of the engine.
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Share with your friendsFinland is set to open its doors wider to United States military presence as part of a new bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the U.S., a move signaling a significant shift in the Nordic country’s defence
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Share with your friendsThe Finnish Navy has achieved a milestone in its naval capabilities with the completion of a significant modernisation and Mid-Life Upgrade project for its Hamina-Class vessels. Various other navies, like the German, the Dutch and the British,
Share with your friendsFinnish defence material provider Patria announced in June that Finnish army purchase 91 Patria 6×6 armoured personnel carriers (APC) – or more precisely modular armoured multi-purpose vehicles. Deliveries of the vehicles will begin during 2023. In addition
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