Sweden offers Finland Gripen development partnership for HX
The Swedish MoD has revealed a new offer to Finland, which it hopes will help to land a lucrative HX fighter contract.
The Swedish MoD has said that Finland can play a part in the development of Saab’s Gripen E/F multirole fighter jet should the aircraft be selected for the latter country's HX programme.
The offer was revealed by Peter Hultqvist, Sweden’s Defence Minister, during a 16 February media briefing held by Saab. The Swedish MoD has put its full weight behind securing an HX contract on behalf of Saab, with the manufacturer offering both the Gripen E/F and GlobalEye AEW&C.
Hultqvist also confirmed that Stockholm intends on buying GlobalEye as a replacement for its Saab 340 AEW fleet, despite
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