Swiss Government Accepts It Could Have Handled F-35 Procurement Better

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Following criticism of the alleged fixed price for the F-35 fighter jets, the governing Federal Council has accepted six out of seven recommendations made by the parliamentary oversight body. At the same time, it has rejected the accusation that the US contracts had scarcely been read. This content was published on October 23, 2026 - 12:05 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

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In its statement published on Friday, the government announced measures in response to criticism of the F-35 procurement. In future, defence procurement is to be conducted more transparently, risk management is to be improved, and the legal department of the Federal Office for Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) is to be strengthened.

At the same time, the Federal Council has rejected allegations that the contracts were barely scrutinised. It regrets the impression that only the then project manager had read the contracts in full. In addition to the former head of armaments, other Armasuisse experts had studied the texts in their entirety, whilst the defence ministry and former Defence Minister Viola Amherd, had examined the pricing clauses in depth.

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