Det er nytt år, og dermed snart klart for test av kandidatene i Finland.
The Finnish Air Force will organise the HX Challenge testing and evaluation event from 9 January to 26 February 2020. The hub of the event will be Pirkkala Air Base.
https://ilmavoimat.fi/artikkeli/-/asset_publisher/hx-challenge-tuo-havittajakandidaatit-suomeen-tammi-helmikuussa?_101_INSTANCE_zpOUAaUvEFjE_languageI d=en_US
HX Challenge test periods:
Eurofighter Typhoon 9–17 January 2020
Dassault Rafale 20–28 January 2020
Saab Gripen 29 January–6 February 2020
Lockheed Martin F-35 7–17 February 2020
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet 18–26 February 2020
Alle stiller med fra 2 til 4 fly.
E.g. Saab will take their sole "production representative" Gripen E first time outside Sweden (with two-seater Gripen Demo and GlobalEye AEW&C). LM will be bringing 4 F-35s as per current public knowledge. No idea whether BAE will bring 2-seater Typhoons when they apparently offered only 1-seaters in the previous round. Dassault offered both, so they will probably bring 2-seater Rafales. Growler should be appearing for Boeing. It's likely the one that will be most heavily verified outside of Finland for the purposes of this HX challenge.