The Director-General of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Eyal Zamir, signed the contract for the sale of the ‘David’s Sling’ air defense system to Finland for approximately 1.3 billion NIS (around 317 million euros).
Present at the signing ceremony at the Ministry of Defense were the Finnish Ambassador to Israel, H.E Dr. Nina Nordstorm, the Finnish military attaché Col. Oula Asteljoki, Rafael’s CEO, Major General Yoav Har-Even, Head of MAFAT, Brigadier General (Res.) Dr. Dani Gold, Head of ‘Homa’ Directorate, Moshe Patael, Head of the Finance Division at the Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Dikla Cohen, and other senior officials.
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Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen: Finland’s ground-based air defence will have stronger areal coverage
Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has authorised the Finnish Defence Forces to procure short-range RBS 70 NG ground-based air defence (GBAD) systems from the Swedish Saab. The procurement will strengthen the areal coverage of GBAD across Finland.
The RBS 70 NG is an advanced version of the Finnish Defence Forces’ mobile surface-to-air missile system ITO05M. The features of the new system will improve Finland’s capabilities to counter both unmanned and manned aerial vehicles.
Regular personnel, conscripts and reservists will be trained mainly by the Salpausselkä Air Defence Battalion of the Karelia Brigade.
The procurement consists of munitions, training equipment and a maintenance system. Its overall value, without value added tax, is EUR 108 million. The capability will be fully operational by the end of the 2020s.
