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Sep 23, 2026
speaker_0HOST
The trade is not equal most of the time.
speaker_0HOST
And also, I want to say this to get it on the record, but I've been working more and more with the Finnish Defence Forces and their purchasing process.
speaker_0HOST
And it's like they are not in a hurry.
speaker_0HOST
It's like...
Keijo MattilaGUEST
So, um, I think this is the background.
Keijo MattilaGUEST
Finland has been maintaining the preparedness and, and Patria has a big part on this because we have a, a strategic partnership agreement with Finnish Defense Forces, so our mission and task is also to, to maintain competence, uh, knowhow on critical, uh, technology areas.
Keijo MattilaGUEST
We need to be able to, to, uh, sustain and support the defense forces on, on many levels, uh, starting from training and, and life cycle, uh, support for existing systems.
Keijo MattilaGUEST
So this positions us very close to the Finnish Defense Forces.
Keijo MattilaGUEST
I think this is one of the main things.
Keijo MattilaGUEST
And then if we talk about the electronic warfare, we know that our opponent is, is very capable on these topics.
Keijo MattilaGUEST
But for the industry side, um- We need to find agile ways to develop new systems.
Keijo MattilaGUEST
Uh, I think this is the, the high level conclusion and how to do this.
Minna ÅlanderHOST
So these are all very training intensive projects.
Minna ÅlanderHOST
things and the professional part of the Finnish Defence Forces is pretty small although we have a very large reserve force so but I just like definitely take this as something to be mildly happy about because it's it's nice that we will see also Swedes patrolling Finnish skies so more of this for me thank you Fabian
Fabian HoffmannHOST
So I don't have anything particularly positive, but I will just interpret this as, you know, something positive is also something that could be worse.
Fabian HoffmannHOST
And state elections in Germany could have been worse.