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Service agreement on preliminary and basic pilot training for 2020

Ministry of Defence
Publication date 20.12.2019 11.20 | Published in English on 20.12.2019 at 11.30
Press release
Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces to conclude a procurement contract on preliminary and basic pilot training services with Patria Aviation. In addition to pilot training, the contract covers maintenance of aircraft required for the training.

The procurement that is part of the air defence development programme and the devel-opment of pilot training focuses on the Vinka and Grob fleets. While the overall value of the procurement is about EUR 6.3 million it includes a service contract for 1.1.-31.8.2020 and an option for 1.9. -31.12.2020.

Inquiries: Special Adviser Frans Peltonen, Ministry of Defence, tel. +358 295 140 021, and Public Information Chief Juhani Kauppinen, Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command, tel. +358 299 570 125.
 
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