Finland has requested two Foreign Military Sales valued at more than $500 million to buy Stinger and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM), equipment and support to modernize its forces, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) last week notified Congress.
Raytheon [RTN] would be prime contractor on Stinger, while Lockheed Martin [LMT] would be the prime contractor on JASSM.
Finland would spend $330 million on a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 600 Stinger-Reprogrammable Micro-Processor (RMP) Block 1 Anti-Aircraft missiles, 10 Stinger Block 1 Production Verification Flight Test missiles, 110 Gripstock Block 1 Control Groups, 1827 Battery Coolant Units, 16 Tracking Head Trainers (THT), 50 Field Handling Trainers (FHT), 2 GCU-31A/E Gas Charging Units, and 110 Night Sights.
Additionally, the sale would include one Stinger Troop Proficiency Trainer, one Launch Simulator, 16 THT metal containers, 16 FHT metal containers, refurbishment, upgrades, parts, tools support equipment, training equipment, publications and technical data, U.S. government and contractor engineering and logistics support services, and other logistics support.
This proposed sale would allow Finland to modernize its armed forces and enhance its existing air defense architecture to counter threats posed by air attack. The sale also would provide Finland a defensive capability while enhancing interoperability with the U.S. and other allied forces.
Additionally, Finland has requested a $255 million FMS sale of 70 AGM-158 JASSM, two test vehicles, support and test equipment, documentation, training and equipment, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services, and other related logistics and program support.
Finland intends to integrate the JASSM on its F/A-18C/D aircraft. Finland’s acquisition of JASSM is intended to modernize its current aircraft munitions suite and counter potential threats. This will contribute to the Finnish military’s goal of updating its capability. Finland will have no difficulty absorbing these missiles into its inventory.