Swiss Armed Forces
Three tasks – one goal: Security for our country. The Swiss Armed Forces defends our country and people against a military attack. It supports the civilian authorities in dealing with natural disasters and in countering serious threats to internal security. And it assists within the context of international peace support and humanitarian aid.
Media releases
Deputy Chief of Armament to take part in the Annual Conference of the European Defence Agency
The Deputy Chief of Armament Thomas Rothacher is to take part with a delegation at the annual conference of the European Defence Agency (EDA) in Brussels on 22 January 2025. The topic of the conference will be: “New horizons in EU defence: enhancing ambitions, accelerating actions”. Meetings with representatives from NATO and the EDA are also planned.
Chief of Armament welcomes his counterparts from Sweden
Chief of Armament Urs Loher will be meeting with the Swedish Chief of Armament Göran Mårtensson from 16 to 17 January 2025 as part of a bilateral meeting in Switzerland. The focus will be on discussions with representatives of the Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse on current topics.
Flight operations with the ADS 15 in Switzerland have been temporarily suspended following an incident involving the Indian armed forces
Flight operation with the reconnaissance drone system (ADS 15) of the Swiss Armed Forces has been temporarily suspended following an incident with a Hermes 900 HFE drone in India.
Director department Procurement Integrated Air Defence moves to private sector
Darko Savic, Director department Procurement Integrated Air Defence, will leave the Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse at the end of April 2025 after around 16 years. He will be taking on a new challenge in the industry.
Major General Patrick Gauchat appointed acting head of United Nations peace support mission UNDOF in the Golan Heights
At its meeting on 20 December, the Federal Council approved the temporary appointment of Major General Patrick Gauchat as head of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights. He will carry out this task ad interim and in addition to his role as head of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).
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