Bombardier handed over the first aircraft to the integrator, Sierra Nevada Company
On 26 September 2025, Bombardier handed over the MVX project’s first aircraft to the integrator, Sierra Nevada Company (SNC), in Montreal, Canada. After the handover and acceptance, the aircraft was flown to SNC’s aircraft integration centre in Hagerstown, Maryland, in the USA, in order to commence the installations. The registration number of the first aircraft will be OH-MVX.
The actual handover was preceded by a detailed acceptance inspection and the relating test flights. During these test flights, a pilot from the Finnish Border Guard got to fly this aircraft for the first time. SNC has the main responsibility over the acceptance, but the Finnish Border Guard, together with its MVX team, prepared and implemented the acceptance inspections and test flights in cooperation with SNC’s acceptance inspectors. The cooperation between the Finnish Border Guard’s and the SNC’s acceptance teams was fluent, and the measures carried out complemented each other. Based on the observations, Bombardier carried out the necessary repairs and changes on the aircraft.
Through supervision during the construction process, we ensure that the resulting product has been carried out in accordance with the procurement contract, as well as the technical requirements and specifications. Moreover, the supervision aims to further the effective and appropriate construction of the product through interaction of both parties. Alongside the supervision, competence is already increased during the construction, in order to ensure that the operative implementation will, in its time, be as effective as possible. In addition to this, we ensure that the final product meets the operational requirements, further the construction of the final product through active interaction, while ensuring effective operational implementation and maximising the improvement of competence already during the construction.
After the acceptance and the handover, we are one step closer to the first aircraft’s handover to the Finnish Border Guard’s operative use in the beginning of 2027.
