Five fighter manufacturers have sent their responses to the revised request for quotation that was asked by the Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command. 
 

The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command sent a Revised Request for Quotation for the HX Programme on 31 October 2019. The revised call for tenders is regarding the following multi-role fighters and their related systems and weapons: Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet (United States), Dassault Rafale (France), Eurofighter Typhoon (United Kingdom), Lockheed Martin F-35 (United States) and Saab Gripen (Sweden). Responses to the revised call for tenders will be accepted until 31 January 2020.
 

Former Eurofighter Typhoon pilot Raffael Klaschka, Head of Marketing at Eurofighter GmbH, takes an in-depth look at how Eurofighter is evolving to meet the demands of the Future Battlespace. 
 

Back in March this year Paul Hitchcock hopped in a cab from Helsinki airport to the city centre. En route the driver asked him what he was doing in Finland and Paul explained he works in the aerospace industry. The driver mentioned Finland’s intention to buy new combat aircraft, immediately gave his passenger a perfect synopsis of the competition so far and provided an outline of the five runners and riders.