Purchase of armaments in Switzerland
The finance delegation requires transparency on F-35
The Confederation organ wants clarifications on the misunderstanding linked to the price of combat aircraft and the limitation of predictable additional costs.
The American combat aircraft F-35.
AFP/Roslan Rahman
All eyes are turned on The F-35. After The National Management Commissionit 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. The committed financial volume is considerable. Consequently, these projects include substantial risks for federal finances, the services of the Parliament on Friday.
You have to go further
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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