FORCIT has signed an agreement with the Finnish Defence Forces' (Puolustusvoimat) Logistics Command on the delivery of the Blocker sea mine system under the Naval Mines Cooperation (NMC) framework. The agreement initially covers Finland, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, and Norway, and has a combined value of "hundreds of millions of euros".
According to a press release from the Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command, the agreement was signed on 25 June and marks the transition of the joint sea mine procurement into the framework agreement phase. The authority describes NMC as a cooperation framework for joint procurement and deepened collaboration across areas including logistics, operations, lifecycle management, training, information sharing, and weapons system development.
In response to a question from Nordic Defence Sector on how the joint procurement will work in practice, FORCIT states that the framework agreement is based on a common Blocker configuration for all participating navies, with the aim of ensuring interoperability and interchangeability. According to Hannu Hytti, Head of the Naval Unit at FORCIT, each country will then define its specific algorithms based on its own potential operational requirements.
The Logistics Command emphasises that Finland was selected as the lead nation for the project due to the Navy's longstanding expertise in naval mining and the capacity of the domestic defence industry. The authority also notes that the significance of sea mines in military operations has received increased attention, and that conditions in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea are well suited to this type of capability.
In a separate press release, FORCIT describes the agreement as a strategically important milestone for the company and highlights the growing demand for naval defence systems across Europe.
"This agreement is an important recognition of FORCIT's decades of work developing and manufacturing high-quality defence systems for land and naval forces. Europe needs reliable and scalable defence solutions, and FORCIT meets that need through technical and industrial expertise as well as close collaboration with our customers," says Joakim Westerlund, CEO of FORCIT Group, in the company's press release.
Blocker is a seabed-deployed influence sea mine that, according to FORCIT, combines advanced sensor technology with long-term lifecycle support and has been developed for flexible use across a variety of naval operational environments.
Nordic Defence Sector also asked whether the company has sufficient production capacity should additional NMC countries choose to procure the system. According to Hannu Hytti, FORCIT is already expanding its manufacturing capacity.
"We already have significant production capacity, and an investment programme to further increase capacity is progressing according to plan," says Hytti.
Nordic Defence Sector reported in October 2025 that Finland had taken the lead in Naval Mines Cooperation, where ten countries, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and Germany, agreed to deepen cooperation on sea mine systems and prepare a joint procurement of the Blocker system.