Sweden Acquires Himars, Cooperates With Finland On Rocket Artillery

Tony Osborne September 08, 2026
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Credit: Lockheed Martin
Sweden and Finland are to cooperate on rocket artillery systems as Sweden acquires Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars). Sweden is spending 7 billion Swedish kronor ($730 million) acquiring 10 fire units, with deliveries to begin next year. Because Finland operates the...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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