HELSINKI (AFP) - Finland will replace its outdated Fokker F27 military surveillance aircraft with a Spanish-made Airbus Military Casa C-295M transport plane, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

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The new aircraft and surveillance system has a price tag of about 112 million euros (144.4 million dollars), it said in a statement, adding that the new plane would be delivered to Finland in 2013.

The Nordic country's air forces already have two Casa C-295M transport planes, and the last of its Fokkers will be taken out of use by 2015.

Last Updated (Thursday, 06 May 2010 08:35)

 
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