CORRECTED: Finland to buy 64 US F-35 fighter jets in deal worth 8.4bn euros: government

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CORRECTED: Finland to buy 64 US F-35 fighter jets in deal worth 8.4bn euros: government
Helsinki, Dec 10 (AFP) Dec 10, 2021
Finland will replace its fleet of ageing fighter jets with an order of 64 F-35A multi-role fighters from US contractor Lockheed Martin in a deal worth 8.4 billion euros ($9.5 billion), the government said Friday.

The six-year tendering process included rival bids from Boeing, France's Dassault, Swedish Saab and the Eurofighter consortium of the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain.

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