All eyes are on the F-35: after the National Management Committee, it is the turn of the finance delegation to scan the AIR2030 program. It requires shedding light on the “misunderstanding” surrounding the fixed price of combat aircraft.
The AIR2030 program projects are complex and interdependent, and the financial volume committed is considerable. Consequently, these projects include substantial risks for federal finances, the services of the Parliament on Friday.
While the Federal Council has already initiated measures within this framework, the finance delegation considers that it is necessary to go further. She asked to shed light on the circumstances that led to the “misunderstanding” on the fixed price of the new fighting aircraft, but also to limit the predictable additional costs of several million francs for other projects of the program.
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Transparency requested
The Federal Department of Defense (DDPS) must account for the progress of projects in all the progress and present a realistic planning of the continuation of the procedure, estimates the finance delegation. She also requests that the department take additional measures to reduce risks and that it is rigorously preparing for different scenarios.
The delegation welcomes the fact that the DDPS has informed the public of existing problems and that it will now support projects more at the department level. It also supports the decision of the National Council management committee to examine the file.
The latter wants to determine if, retrospectively, breaches could be noted in the way in which the Federal Council managed the negotiation of contracts. The Commission will in particular examine in detail the treatment which has been made of expertise relating to this price as well as the information provided by the Federal Council at the High Parliamentary Surveillance and to the public.
>> Lire : The purchase price of the F-35 will be well examined by the National Management Commission
A “misunderstanding”
Switzerland and the United States do not agree on the purchase price of six billion francs for the 36 F-35A combat aircraft. The United States invokes a “misunderstanding” and require 650 million to an additional $ 1.3 billion, while Switzerland tables an already negotiated fixed price, the Federal Council assured last week.
>> Reread: Purchase of F-35: The Federal Council defends the agreed price, Washington evokes a “misunderstanding”
The purchase of new combat aircraft was acquired in extreme accuracy in front of the people five years ago, with only 8,500 votes apart (50.1% yes). The left had launched an initiative to stop the purchase of F-35A, but the text was never submitted to the vote.
>> The details of 7:30 p.m. on the American combat aircraft F-35:
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