Finnish Naval Exercise Helka 24
The Navy’s main exercise for spring 2024, Helka 24, will be held on 23.5.-31.5.2024. The Navy exercises the execution of naval operations, including troop movements and combat missions in the…
Finnish Navy Adopts TP47 Torpedo
The Navy conducted reception firings for the new TP47 torpedo on 31.10. on the Archipelago Sea. The missile boats PGG Pori and PGG Hamina of the Hamina-class carried out the…
Construction of First Multi-Role Corvette Starts at Rauma Shipyard
On Monday 30 October 2023, Rauma shipyard celebrated the steel cutting ceremony of the first Squadron 2020 multi-role corvette. The traditional ceremony marked the start of the construction phase of…
Pohjanmaa Class Corvettes Receiving ESSM Block 2
The anti-aircraft missile type of future Pohjanmaa-class battleships has been updated. The new and improved Block 2 model of the ESSM missile replaces the previous Block 1 missile type in…
Helsinki Welcomes First SNMG1 Ships Since Joining NATO
On their first port visit to Finland since the country became the thirty-first member of the Alliance, ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) received a warm welcome as…
Design of Ostrobothnia Class Corvettes Nears Completion
The Navy’s strategic performance project, the Ostrobothnia-class corvette project, is moving forward. The basic planning and equipment procurement for the ships, which started in 2020, are almost complete. In the…
Saab Starts Deliveries of New Lightweight Torpedo
Saab has made the first deliveries of the new lightweight torpedo (Saab Lightweight Torpedo) to Sweden’s defense procurement agency FMV. Saab Lightweight Torpedo, named Torped 47 by the Swedish Armed…
Finnish & French Navies Train for MCM in Baltic Sea
The Finnish Navy is exercising with the French mine countermeasures vessel Céphée in the Baltic Sea 22¬-23 September 2022 Afterwards the French vessel will moor in Turku until the 28th…