dassault aviation sa said friday that it has noted finlands decision to choose an american company to supply fighter jets to its air force once again we notice and regret an american preference prevailing in europe the french aircraft manufacturer said the finnish government has selected lockheed martin corps f35 as its next fighter and has ordered 64 of the jets the us company said earlier on friday dassault aviation said it continues to develop the operational capabilities of its rafale jet along with its partners it recently received an order for 80 jets from the united arab emirates in a deal worth more than 17 billion euros 1920 billion