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Idea competition for environmentally friendly and safe recovery methods of ammunition from Swiss lakes – armasuisse has received around 100 ideas
6 February 2025 was the deadline for submitting ideas for environmentally friendly and safe methods of recovering ammunition from Swiss lakes. A committee of experts will now assess all the proposals received. The three best ideas will be awarded prizes in May 2025.
armasuisse launches idea competition for environmentally friendly and safe recovery methods of ammunition from Swiss waters
The Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse is seeking new procedures for the environmentally friendly and safe recovery of ammunition from Swiss waters by means of an idea competition.
Innovating together to ensure security: HEDI and DIANA
Innovations have long been a part of defence and accordingly are being increasingly promoted. Two international initiatives in the area of defence innovation are particularly worthy of mention.
Automatic readout procedure of weapon serial numbers: Finding a solution together with the innovation space sandbox
Within the innovation space sandbox for the Armed Forces Logistics Centre Thun (ALC-T) of the Armed Forces Logistics Organisation (AFLO) solutions were sought for scanning weapon serial numbers in cooperation with armasuisse Science and Technology (S+T).
Acoustic analysis of ballistic protective plates
Ballistic protective plates constitute an important element for the personal security of the Swiss Armed Forces.
Time synchronisation in the command and control network
With an increasing number of distributed sensors and their networking, the availability of a secure and precise time base also gains in importance.
