{"id":33196,"date":"2017-08-29T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/29\/trumps-remarks-on-boeing-super-hornet-confuse-finnish-fighter-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:45:38","slug":"trumps-remarks-on-boeing-super-hornet-confuse-finnish-fighter-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2017\/08\/29\/trumps-remarks-on-boeing-super-hornet-confuse-finnish-fighter-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s remarks on Boeing Super Hornet confuse Finnish fighter competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HELSINKI \u2015 A gaffe by U.S. President Donald Trump has cast confusion over Finland\u2019s fighter replacement program, FRP-HX, and the connected integral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. president said during a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinist\u00f6 in Washington on Monday that Finland had agreed to purchase \u201ca large number\u201d of F\/A-18E\/F Super Hornets from Boeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=264892ea-7327-436a-af0b-8eb174fb568e\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Finland Disputes Hornet Purchase Claims<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Finland\u2019s FRP-HX competition has yet to even reach its midway stage. The competition underway to replace the Finnish Air Force\u2019s aging fleet of Boeing F\/A-18 Hornets with a new NATO-compatible multi-role combat aircraft..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s remarks have caused shock and amazement within political circles in Helsinki. The Finnish government, at the outset of the FRP-HX, guaranteed manufacturers transparency and a level playing field for all candidate aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2017\/02\/27\/finland-cracks-down-on-direct-lobbying-for-hx-fighter\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/finlands-air-force.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Finland cracks down on direct lobbying for HX fighter<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Finland&#039;s Ministry of Defence is blocking direct lobbying efforts by companies vying for its fighter replacement contract to add greater transparency to the selection and decision-making process.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s remarks are baffling. There are still years to run in the fighter replacement competition before a final decision is reached. If the leadership of the United States harbors the idea that the matter is a done deal, then this is not good,\u201d said Matti Vanhanen, chairman of the Finnish national parliament\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was also surprise in Helsinki that Niinist\u00f6 did not immediately refute the U.S. president\u2019s inaccurate aircraft \u201cpurchase\u201d claims. Niinist\u00f6 did later debunk Trump\u2019s claims via Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niinist\u00f6 has not revealed if the FRP-HX program surfaced during bilateral talks with Trump, which also covered Finnish-American defense and security cooperation in the Baltic Sea and Arctic regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finland\u2019s Ministry of Defence was quick to refute Trump\u2019s \u201cdone deal\u201d claims. The MoD reiterated that the FRP-HX program is still ongoing and several years away from a final aircraft selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have received answers to requests for information from five fighter manufacturers, but we have not even sent out invitations to tender yet,\u201d said Lauri Puranen, the FRP-HX program director at the MoD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MoD has received responses to formal RFIs from Boeing (F\/A-18 Super Hornet), Dassault Aviation (Rafale), the Eurofighter consortium (Eurofighter Typhoon), Lockheed Martin (F-35 Lightning II) and Saab Group (JAS Gripen E).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Eurofighter Typhoon is designed and manufactured by a consortium headed by BAE Systems and includes Leonardo (Alenia Aermacchi) and Airbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Finnish MoD\u2019s official request for quotation is slated to be dispatched to all five aircraft manufacturers, through their respective governments, during the first half of 2018. The MoD\u2019s objective is to commence environmental testing of all fighter candidate aircraft in Finland in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Finnish government is scheduled to reach the final aircraft procurement decision stage in 2021. Four core decision-making criteria have been set. These include the multi-role fighter\u2019s military capability; security of supply and industrial participation; life cycle costs; and the security and defense policy effects of the acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Finnish Air Force plans to start introducing the new multi-role fighter from 2025\u20132030. The process to phase out the service\u2019s 60 F\/A-18 Hornets will, under Air Force plans, have already begun by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finland\u2019s MoD has set down a budget framework \u2015 of $8.4 billion to $12 billion \u2015 to fund the FRP-HX program. 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