27.6.2024 | The Finnish Border Guard's Dornier 228 surveillance aircraft are coming to the end of their life cycle. The aircraft will be replaced by two new multirole aircraft, the supplier of which has now been selected. The aircraft will be manufactured by Canadian Bombardier, and the system integration will be carried out by American Sierra Nevada Corporation.

The Finnish Border Guard plans to replace two obsolete patrol vessels and one that has already been decommissioned with two modern multi-purpose vessels between 2025 and 2026.

13.3.2026 | In autumn 2025, the Finnish Border Guard initiated an assessment, in accordance with the Government programme, of the replacements of the current maritime search and rescue helicopters soon coming to the end of their life cycle. The project carries the name HVX project. This name follows the registration numbers of the current helicopters, which start with OH-HV. 

12.5.2025 | MVX-hankkeen suunnitteluvaihe päätökseen

13.12.2023 | The Finnish Border Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel 2025 project has been active since 2020. The project aims to replace obsolete patrol vessels with to new Turva class patrol vessels. The construction of these new vessels has now commenced, and the first vessel is estimated to be finished in 2025. The second vessel will be finished a year after this, in other words, during 2026. The new vessels shall be in active use till 2050s.

30.5.2023 | The ongoing construction of the pilot of the eastern border barrier fence in Pelkola, Imatra, is an important phase in the project’s progress. The approximately three kilometres long pilot fence located nearby Imatra’s border crossing point is estimated to be complete in summer 2023.

5.6.2024 | 1 (8) Operational Program for the Development of the Border Guard’s Anti-Corruption Activities During 2023–2025 1. Background The Border Guard’s operational anti-corruption program implements the decision on a national anti-corruption strategy and...