Viestikoelaitos
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A Fokker F27 used by Viestikoelaitos for airborne ESM / ELINT duties. The F27 replaced the previous Leena and Ursula systems flown on a DC-3 [1]
Viestikoelaitos ("Signals Test Facility") is a signals intelligence (SIGINT) unit of the Finnish Defence Forces, founded in 1960. It is part of the organization of the Finnish Air Force, and shares its headquarters in Tikkakoski.
Very little information about the unit is publicly available. Virtually every documents concerning the facility are classified as secret or top secret, expect for budget and number of people employed. [2] In 1998 it had a budget of 51 million Finnish Markka (8.6 million euro) and a staff of 189. [3] In 2004 the budget was 12.2 million euro and personnel 125. [4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ A short history at the Finnish Air Force site (Finnish)
- ^ KHO: Armeijan tiedustelulaitoksesta ei tarvitse antaa edes yleisluonteisia tietoja - YLE, April 09, 2007 (Finnish)
- ^ Valtiontilitarkastajain kertomus 1998, p. 137
- ^ YLE TV1 23.4.2004
[edit] External links
- Yrjö Viitasaari, Lord of the Classified Information - Helsingin Sanomat June 5, 2001
- Douglas C-47 at spyflight.co.uk
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