Permanent Secretary of Finland’s Ministry of Defence Esa Pulkkinen will lead a trade mission of Finnish defence industry to Australia and visit New Zealand between 30 October and 7 November 2025.

On 24 October 2025, Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen denied eleven prospective buyers from outside the EU and EEA a permit to buy real estate in Finland.

In the future, Finland will be able to deploy up to 15 soldiers to the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU). The current level of participation is five soldiers.

Italy will participate in NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) in Finland. Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and Italy’s Minister of Defence Guido Crosetto discussed the matter on Wednesday 22 October 2025.

Italy has announced its participation in NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) in Finland. Defence ministers Antti Häkkänen and Guido Crosetto discussed Italy’s participation during their bilateral discussion on 22 October 2025. Forward Land Forces Finland is an important part of NATO’s deterrence and defence posture on the Northern Flank.

Finland will deliver its 30th materiel assistance package to Ukraine. A decision on the matter was made by the President of the Republic on the proposal of the the Government on 17th October 2025.

In July 2024, the Defence Ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Finland signed a Letter of Intent on Naval Mines Cooperation Baltic Sea.

Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will attend a meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence, a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) and the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council with defence ministers in Brussels on Wednesday 15 October 2025.

Finland will send F/A-18 Hornet fighters and staff officers to NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise ‘Steadfast Noon’ taking place between 13 and 24 October 2025.

Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir signed a Memorandum of Understanding on defence cooperation on Tuesday 7 October 2025 in connection with the Icelandic state visit to Finland.

Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen gave an opening address at the inauguration of NATO’s Multi-Corps Land Component Command North (MCLCC-N) in Mikkeli, Finland, on Friday 3 October 2025.

On the proposal of the Government, the President of the Republic has decided that the Finnish Defence Forces will contribute to safeguarding Denmark’s airspace.

On 25 September 2025, Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen decided on the establishment of three fixed-term professorships at the National Defence University in Finland. The costs of these positions will be covered using donated funds.

The 2026 budget proposal for the branch of government of the Finnish Ministry of Defence totals EUR 6.3 billion, representing 2.5 per cent of the GDP forecast for 2026.

Permanent Secretary of Finland’s Ministry of Defence Esa Pulkkinen visited Japan last week.

The United Kingdom and Norway will join the Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) multinational programme, which is led by Finland. Besides Finland, the programme already includes Latvia, Sweden, Germany and, most recently, Denmark who joined the programme earlier this year.

The Permanent Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of Defence, Esa Pulkkinen, is on a working visit in South Korea.

Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has authorised the Finnish Defence Forces to place an order for a satellite remote sensing system with the Finnish company Iceye Oy.

Permanent Secretary of Finland’s Ministry of Defence Esa Pulkkinen will pay a working visit to South Korea and Japan from 8 to 12 September 2025.