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By Mike Stone and Essi Lehto
WASHINGTON/HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland has chosen U.S. defence big Lockheed Martin (NYSE:)’s F-35 fighters in a young to interchange ageing F/A-18 fight jets, a supply conversant in the matter advised Reuters on Friday.
Lockheed Martin competed for the take care of Sweden’s Saab, U.S. rival Boeing (NYSE:), France’s Dassault and Britain’s BAE Programs (OTC:).
The Finnish authorities mentioned earlier it will announce its alternative at a information convention afterward Friday.
The federal government has accredited a funds of 10 billion euros for the acquisition out of which 9.4 billion euros can be used to purchase the warplanes themselves.
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