{"id":62143,"date":"2026-05-08T11:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/62143\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:31:55","slug":"switzerland-approaches-suppliers-for-air-defense-systems-as-patriot-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/62143\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland Approaches Suppliers for Air Defense Systems as Patriot Delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Switzerland has approached manufacturers from four countries to inquire about air defense systems it is considering procuring amid delays in the delivery of the Patriot system.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Five manufacturers have been contacted from Germany, France, Israel, and South Korea, Swiss media outlets reported<\/a>, citing the spokesperson of the country\u2019s arms procurement agency, Kaj-Gunnar Sievert.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKey priorities are delivery times, costs, performance, and the share of production in Europe, ideally in Switzerland,\u201d Zone Militaire quoted<\/a> Sievert as saying.<\/p>\n

The Swiss defense procurement agency plans to begin reviewing the responses once they are received by the end of May.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, these responses will not yet constitute an offer. Therefore, the Federal Council will not decide on the type of system at this stage,\u201d Sievert added.<\/p>\n

Another Chance for SAMP\/T\u00a0<\/p>\n

The identities of the manufacturers have not been disclosed. However, one of them is likely the Franco-Italian consortium Eurosam, which produces the SAMP\/T air and missile defense system.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Switzerland had selected the Patriot system over SAMP\/T in 2021, making the European system a strong contender should an alternative or complementary system now be considered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier, in February, the Thales-MBDA consortium reportedly assured Bern that it would deliver the system by 2029<\/a>, roughly aligning with the original timeline for the Patriot systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Switzerland has already paid around 700 million Swiss francs ($905 million) as a down payment for five Patriot units. However, due to the exigencies of the Ukraine war, the systems have been delayed by four to five years.<\/p>\n

Additional Candidates<\/p>\n

In addition, Germany\u2019s Diehl Defence and South Korea\u2019s Hanwha are likely among those contacted, producing the IRIS-T<\/a> and Cheongung II systems, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From Israel, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries are likely candidates. The former co-developed David\u2019s Sling with Raytheon, while the latter developed the Arrow family of air and missile defense systems with Boeing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Switzerland has approached manufacturers from four countries to inquire about air defense systems it is considering procuring amid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[34160,7450,17],"class_list":["post-62143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-patriot-air-defense-system","tag-samp-t","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116538739643616799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}