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A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft is seen at the ILA Air Show in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
WASHINGTON/HELSINKI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Finland has chosen U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin's (LMT.N) F-35 fighters in a tender to replace ageing F/A-18 combat jets, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Lockheed Martin competed for the deal with Sweden's Saab (SAABb.ST), U.S. rival Boeing (BA.N), France's Dassault and Britain's BAE Systems (BAES.L).
The Finnish government said earlier it would announce its choice at a news conference later on Friday.
The government has approved a budget of 10 billion euros for the acquisition out of which 9.4 billion euros would be used to buy the warplanes themselves.
Finland orders 64 Lockheed F-35 fighter jets for $9.4 bln
Finland has chosen U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighters to replace ageing F/A-18 combat jets and plans to order 64 planes with weapons systems in a $9.4 billion deal, the government said on Friday.
