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24.11.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has decided that Finland will propose to host a NATO Deployable CIS Module (DCM).https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-finland-seeks-to-host-a-nato-deployable-cis-module
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1.12.2025 | Finland has recently concluded negotiations with NATO’s strategic commands on an agreement to supplement the Paris Protocol, facilitating the operation of international military headquarters in Finland. The Ministry of Defence led the negotiations team on the Finnish side.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-we-will-facilitate-the-operation-of-international-military-headquarters-in-finland-with-a-new-agreement
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8.10.2025 | Finland and Iceland to enhance their defence cooperation Ministry of Defence Publication date 8.10.2025 11.17 Type: Press release Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdótti...https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-and-iceland-to-enhance-their-defence-cooperation
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14.11.2025 | On 12 October 2025, Finland signed a technical arrangement (TA) on a possible joint procurement of armoured infantry combat vehicles between Finland, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia and the Netherlands. The participating countries will examine a possible joint procurement of CV90 combat vehicles based on the TA.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-the-joint-procurement-of-armoured-infantry-combat-vehicles-is-progressing
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5.11.2025 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen signed an updated Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU) of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) participant nations on behalf of Finland on Wednesday 5 November. The signing took place at a meeting of JEF defence ministers in Norway.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-hakkanen-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-strengthening-jef-s-support-to-nato-s-deterrence-and-defence-in-northern-europe
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20.11.2025 | Permanent Secretary of Finland’s Ministry of Defence Esa Pulkkinen will visit Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in Norfolk in the United States on Friday 21 November 2025.https://defmin.fi/en/-/permanent-secretary-pulkkinen-and-finnish-business-delegation-to-visit-allied-command-transformation
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30.10.2025 | A working group of the Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Defence has been appointed to explore how nature restoration and other ways to make use of natural barriers can support national defence and border security especially in eastern Finland.https://defmin.fi/en/-/1410903/working-group-to-explore-ways-to-coordinate-nature-restoration-and-national-defence
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5.11.2025 | The Finnish Defence Forces and the Swedish Armed Forces have signed a framework agreement on command and control systems (C2S) with the Finnish company Bittium Wireless Oy. The company produces C2S solutions, such as tactical communication systems and related products and services.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-and-sweden-to-deepen-cooperation-in-command-and-control-systems
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13.11.2025 | The Ministers of Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nordic and Baltic countries made the following statement:https://defmin.fi/en/-/joint-statement-by-the-ministers-of-defence-and-minister-for-foreign-affairs-of-the-nordic-and-baltic-countries
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28.1.2026 | On 10 December 2024, the Finnish Ministry of Defence set up a project to examine the need to amend the Act on the Expropriation of Immovable Property and Special Rights to Ensure National Security and related legislation. The objective was to draw an overview of how the current legislation should be amended to ensure fair and effective safeguarding of real estate critical to national security.https://defmin.fi/en/-/working-group-proposes-that-real-estate-expropriation-for-security-reasons-be-assigned-to-ministry-of-defence
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14.10.2025 | Minister of Defence Häkkänen to NATO defence ministers’ meeting, Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting and to EU defence ministers’ meeting Ministry of Defence Publication date 14.10.2025 14.35 Type: Press release Finland’s Minister of Defence Ant...https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-hakkanen-to-nato-defence-ministers-meeting-ukraine-defense-contact-group-meeting-and-to-eu-defence-ministers-meeting
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1.9.2026 | On 1 September 2026, the Government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo reached a decision on its budget proposal for 2027 and is steadily implementing the agenda it agreed at the spending limits session. The agenda includes EUR 100 million of investment in construction and numerous transport infrastructure projects. The Government’s targeted measures will support economic growth.https://defmin.fi/en/-/194055633/orpo-government-finnish-economy-growing-and-government-taking-targeted-measures-to-boost-growth
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11.11.2025 | Finland’s Ministry of Defence and NATO’s Defence Investment Division co-host NATO’s first Arctic Space Forum in Helsinki on 11–12 November.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-hosts-nato-s-arctic-space-forum
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18.11.2025 | Finland has decided to use EUR one billion in financing from the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) financial instrument to strengthen the defence industry. The plan is to use the financing for multinational joint procurement that will strengthen Finland’s ground combat capabilities and for developing drone performance capabilities in cooperation with Ukraine and its allies. The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy decided on the matter on Tuesday 18 November.https://defmin.fi/en/-/194055633/finland-to-use-new-eu-loan-financing-to-bolster-defence
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1.12.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will visit the United States from 2 to 7 December 2025.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-s-minister-of-defence-hakkanen-to-visit-united-states
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12.11.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen hosted a meeting of Nordic defence ministers in Helsinki today on 12 November 2025. According to Minister of Defence Häkkänen, the Nordic countries will build air forces that are capable operating together both in peacetime and under emergency conditions.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-nordic-countries-will-build-air-forces-capable-of-combined-operations
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19.5.2025 | Finland has been selected as one of the states implementing European Union measures to supply Ukraine with defence materiel using proceeds from frozen Russian assets.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-to-supply-ammunition-to-ukraine-by-using-proceeds-from-frozen-russian-assets
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12.12.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has authorised the Finnish Defence Forces to procure AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the United States.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-finland-will-procure-state-of-the-art-air-to-air-missiles-for-f-35-fighters
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17.12.2025 | Earlier this year, Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen authorised the Finnish Defence Forces to procure synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites from the Finnish company ICEYE Oy. Finland aims to build international cooperation around the use of these satellites.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-to-sign-letter-of-intent-on-sar-satellite-cooperation-with-poland-and-the-netherlands
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3.12.2025 | Finland and Sweden signed a new technical arrangement regarding the provision of host nation support (FISE HNS TA) on 2 December 2025.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-we-will-strengthen-the-defence-of-finland-and-sweden-through-a-new-technical-arrangement-on-host-nation-support
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11.12.2025 | Two Finnish companies, Aboa Space Research Oy and SEATOM Technologies, have been selected to join a challenge programme of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA). More than 3,600 companies, registered in NATO member states, submitted their application, and 150 companies were selected into the programme. They will join the programme in January 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/two-finnish-companies-selected-to-join-nato-s-diana-challenge-programme
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29.1.2026 | Finland will contribute to NATO’s peacetime maritime activities in 2027. In its plenary session on 29 January 2026, the Finnish Government endorsed a report, presented by Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen, on the Finnish Defence Forces’ participation in NATO’s collective peacetime activities in 2027.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-to-contribute-to-nato-s-peacetime-maritime-activities-in-2027
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5.3.2026 | Finland’s Ministry of Defence will circulate for comments a draft government proposal to amend the Nuclear Energy Act and the Criminal Code.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finnish-government-proposes-to-amend-nuclear-energy-act-and-criminal-code-to-strengthen-nato-s-deterrence-and-defence
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5.6.2026 | NATO’s Forward Land Forces Finland (FLF Finland) will be officially founded on Saturday 6 June 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/nato-forward-land-forces-finland-to-start-operations-on-6-june
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27.3.2026 | On 27 March 2026, Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen denied six prospective buyers from outside the EU and EEA a permit to buy real estate in Finland.https://defmin.fi/en/-/six-negative-decisions-on-real-estate-transactions-1
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25.6.2026 | The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy outlined on Finland’s additional funding package of EUR 40 million to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative of NATO and the United States. The package is part of the commitment the Finnish Government agreed in its spring budget session to increase Finland’s military support to Ukraine by EUR 300 million in 2026–2027.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-to-fund-additional-eur-40-million-purl-package-for-ukraine
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29.3.2026 | On Sunday morning, a few low-flying, slow-moving small objects were detected in Finnish airspace both over the maritime area and in Southeast Finland. The Finnish Air Force has responded to the situation with a recognition and identification mission carried out by an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet. According to current information, one drone has fallen to the ground north of Kouvola and another east of Kouvola. The police have cordoned off the areas for further investigation.https://defmin.fi/en/-/suspected-territorial-violation-by-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-in-southeast-finland-on-sunday
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19.12.2025 | Finland’s procurement of F-35 combat aircraft involves a significant level of industrial participation. A key objective is to safeguard Finnish security of supply.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-the-f-35-project-is-expected-to-create-new-opportunities-for-finnish-companies
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5.2.2026 | Finland will deliver its 32nd materiel assistance package to Ukraine. The President of the Republic decided on the matter on 5 February 2026 on the proposal of the Government.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-to-send-another-package-of-defence-materiel-to-ukraine-1
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27.11.2025 | At its plenary session on 27 November 2025, the Finnish Government appointed Janne Kuusela as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence for the period from 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2031.https://defmin.fi/en/-/janne-kuusela-appointed-as-permanent-secretary-of-finland-s-ministry-of-defence
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18.6.2026 | The Ministry of Defence is requesting views on a bill for amendments to the Act on Military Intelligence. The bill proposes that the Act on Military Intelligence allow the use of certain intelligence collection methods in premises used for permanent residence.https://defmin.fi/en/-/public-consultation-round-launched-on-amendments-to-act-on-military-intelligence
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16.1.2026 | Finland will deliver its 31st 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 16th January 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-hakkanen-finland-sends-more-defence-materiel-assistance-to-ukraine-1
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11.11.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will host a defence ministers’ meeting of the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) in Helsinki on 12 November 2025. He will also host a meeting of Nordic and Baltic defence ministers on Thursday 13 November.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-hakkanen-to-host-meetings-of-nordic-defence-cooperation-and-nordic-baltic-defence-ministers-in-helsinki
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23.1.2026 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen held a speech at the opening gala of Finland’s NATO DIANA Innovation Accelerator on 22 January 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-s-speech-at-the-opening-of-finland-s-nato-diana-innovation-accelerator
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15.12.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will attend the official F-35 roll-out ceremony in Texas in the United States on 16 December 2025.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-the-f-35-programme-will-raise-finland-s-air-defence-to-next-level-while-providing-work-for-finns
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16.2.2026 | Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has chosen Rovaniemi as the location for NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) Multinational Staff Element (MNSE).https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-nato-s-forward-land-forces-multinational-staff-element-to-be-established-in-rovaniemi
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14.1.2026 | Finland’s withdrawal from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) took effect on 10 January 2026. The Finnish defence administration will start planning the reintroduction of anti-personnel mines into the range of Finland’s defence capabilities.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-we-will-reintroduce-anti-personnel-mines-and-start-a-dialogue-with-the-finnish-industry
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12.1.2026 | Sweden will procure SAR satellites from the Finnish company ICEYE Oy.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-iceye-s-contract-with-sweden-will-strengthen-security-across-the-nordic-region
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13.3.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov met bilaterally on Thursday 13 March 2025. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding on defence cooperation between the two countries’ defence administrations.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-and-ukraine-sign-new-mou-on-defence-cooperation-finland-announces-new-arms-assistance-package
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13.4.2026 | The Finnish call-up process will have two parts in the future. The first part will be a call-up information day for the whole age group, providing young people with more information about homeland defence. The second part, the call-up day proper, will be organised later for men liable for military service and for women applying for voluntary military service. The call-up information day will be piloted in Espoo, Iisalmi and Jyväskylä in autumn 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/call-up-system-to-be-extended-to-whole-age-group-three-municipalities-to-pilot-information-days-in-autumn
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12.12.2025 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has authorised the Finnish Defence Forces to procure support services for military aviation, maritime defence, intelligence, surveillance and command and control from the Finnish companies Patria Aviation Oy and Insta Group Oy. The main part of deliveries will take place in 2026–2030.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finnish-defence-forces-to-place-large-orders-for-defence-system-services-with-finnish-companies
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Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen: Finland to host NATO Deployable CIS Module | Puolustusministeriö
12.2.2026 | NATO approved Finland’s proposal to host a Deployable CIS Module.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-finland-to-host-nato-deployable-cis-module -
9.2.2026 | Norway and the United Kingdom have joined the Research and Development (R&D) Agreement of the multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) Programme, which aims to develop and deliver modern 6x6 vehicles.https://defmin.fi/en/-/the-united-kingdom-and-norway-join-cavs-research-and-development-agreement
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9.1.2026 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and General Alexus G. Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO, met in Finland on Friday 9 January 2026. They also visited the Vaalimaa border crossing point at Finland’s eastern border.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-s-minister-of-defence-hakkanen-meets-supreme-allied-commander-europe-of-nato
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16.3.2026 | Joint statement on Cold Response 26 and NATO’s Forward Land Forces in Finland by the Ministers of Defence of Finland, Sweden and Norway on 16 March 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/joint-statement-on-cold-response-26-and-nato-s-forward-land-forces-in-finland-by-the-ministers-of-defence-of-finland-sweden-and-norway
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23.4.2026 | On 23 April 2024, the Finnish Government submitted to Parliament a proposal to amend the Nuclear Energy Act and the Criminal Code. The Government proposes to remove the legal barriers on importing nuclear devices into Finland and on transporting, supplying or possessing them in Finland in the context of Finland’s homeland defence, the collective defence of NATO or defence cooperation.https://defmin.fi/en/-/government-submits-proposal-to-parliament-on-amending-nuclear-energy-act-and-criminal-code
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24.4.2026 | The Finnish Government proposes that an agreement supplementing the Paris Protocol be accepted to facilitate the establishment and operations of international military headquarters in Finland. The government proposal was submitted to Parliament on 23 April 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/government-submits-to-parliament-proposal-to-facilitate-operations-of-international-military-headquarters-in-finland
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31.1.2025 | Finland will deliver its 27th materiel assistance package to Ukraine. The President of the Republic decided on the matter on 31 January 2025 on the proposal of the Government.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-to-send-more-defence-materiel-to-ukraine
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26.2.2025 | Finland’s Ministry of Defence will launch a new programme to support Ukraine whereby products will be ordered directly from the Finnish defence industry.https://defmin.fi/en/-/ministry-of-defence-to-launch-new-programme-to-support-ukraine-promising-finnish-defence-industry-orders-for-value-of-eur-660-million
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23.1.2026 | A new NATO accelerator site was inaugurated in Espoo, Finland, on 22 January 2026. Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen gave a speech at the event.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-a-new-nato-accelerator-site-in-finland-will-combine-technology-defence-and-economic-growth
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9.3.2026 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen decided on 6th of March 2026 that a NATO Deployable CIS Module (DMC) will be established in Riihimäki. The DMC is scheduled to start operations in early 2027.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-a-nato-deployable-cis-module-will-be-established-in-riihimaki
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4.6.2026 | On 4 June 2026, Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen denied 14 prospective buyers from outside the EU and EEA a permit to buy real estate in Finland.https://defmin.fi/en/-/fourteen-negative-decisions-on-real-estate-transactions
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16.3.2026 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen hosted the countries participating in FLF Finland at the Cold Response 26 exercise at Rovajärvi on 16 March 2026.https://defmin.fi/en/-/defence-ministers-of-finland-sweden-and-norway-at-cold-response-26-implementation-of-flf-finland-progressing-rapidly
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9.3.2026 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has decided to place functions of the 3rd Logistics Regiment of the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command in Kemi.https://defmin.fi/en/-/functions-of-3rd-logistics-regiment-to-be-placed-in-kemi
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9.4.2026 | The Finnish Ministry of Defence and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) signed a government-to-government contract on 9 April 2026 regarding the purchase of surplus K9 self-propelled howitzers.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-procures-more-155-mm-k9-self-propelled-howitzers-from-the-republic-of-korea
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17.3.2026 | Finland and a group of other NATO countries are exploring the establishment of a new financing mechanism.https://defmin.fi/en/-/10623/finland-participating-in-discussions-on-new-financing-mechanism-for-defence
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5.3.2026 | The Finnish Government has appointed Otto Saxén, M.Soc.Sc., as Director General of the Defence Policy Department at the Ministry of Defence for a five-year term from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031.https://defmin.fi/en/-/otto-saxen-appointed-director-general-of-defence-policy-department-at-ministry-of-defence
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10.2.2026 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will attend the meeting of EU defence ministers and the meeting of NATO defence ministers, as well as the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and the defence ministers’ meeting of the Nordic Defence Cooperation. After these meetings in Brussels, Minister Häkkänen will continue to the Munich Security Conference.https://defmin.fi/en/-/minister-of-defence-hakkanen-to-attend-meetings-of-defence-ministers-in-brussels
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23.6.2025 | Finland will deliver its 29th materiel assistance package to Ukraine. A decision on the matter is being prepared for submission to the Government and the President of the Republic.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finland-s-next-support-package-to-ukraine-to-include-first-instalment-of-defence-equipment-produced-domestically
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29.4.2026 | The ministers will meet at the National Defence University as part of the working visit of Estonia’s Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur to Finland.https://defmin.fi/en/-/finnish-minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-to-meet-estonian-minister-of-defence-hanno-pevkuri-2