Lockheed F-35 jet wins Finnish fighter competition - source

FILE PHOTO: A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft is seen at the ILA Air Show in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo

WASHINGTON/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland has chosen U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighters in a tender to replace ageing F/A-18 combat jets, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Lockheed Martin competed for the deal with Sweden's Saab, U.S. rival Boeing, France's Dassault and Britain's BAE Systems.