Bittium Wireless Ltd and Finnish Defence Forces Signed a Partnership Agreement

Bittium Wireless Ltd, a subsidiary of Bittium Corporation, and the Finnish Defence Forces have signed a Partnership Agreement for the years 2025–2036. The Partnership Services to be purchased under the agreement apply to the life cycle setup and maintenance of the command-and-control systems produced/manufactured by Bittium and used by the Finnish Defence Forces.

The agreement was signed on Monday, November 25, 2024, at Tampere, Finland by the Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command, Brigadier General Tero Ylitalo and Colonel Jari Virolainen the Director of the Joint Systems Centre, along with the CEO of Bittium Corporation Johan Westermarck and Senior Vice President of Defense & Security Business Segment Tommi Kangas.

The purpose of the agreement to ensure the availability of national competence and technologies for command and control systems in Finland that are critical for the military security of supply. It also establishes a framework for joint wartime planning.

The monetary value of the partnership agreement depends on the requirements and funding of Finnish Defence Forces’ projects of the and on the agreed maintenance and development services for each year.