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# Patria tops out Finnish facility to assemble and maintain F-35 engines
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-14-patria-f135-facility-topping-out/
- Published: 2025-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:09.000Z
- Description: Patria topped out its new Linnavuori facility in Nokia, Finland, which will assemble, then from 2030 maintain, F135 engines for Finland's F-35 fleet under a 2024 agreement with Pratt and Whitney, completing in autumn 2025.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Patria Group press release, 17 March 2025](https://www.patriagroup.com/newsroom/news/2025/the-new-assembly-and-maintenance-facility-for-f-35-fighter-jet-engines-has-reached-its-highest-point?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not reduce Finland's underlying reliance on the US-made F135 engine or Pratt and Whitney's intellectual property.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)