09.01.2020

The Cyber Defence Campus is presenting itself together with Swisstech at the «Consumer Technology Association (CES) - Conference 2020» in Las Vegas. The president of ETH Zürich, Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot and the president of EPFL, Prof. Dr. Martin Vetterli are also attending the conference.

10.12.2019

Eleven international teams competed against each other for the first time in the DARPA Robotic Challenge in summer 2019. Their robots duelled their skills in mapping tunnels and recognising artefacts. A Swiss team represented by the ETH Zurich and an SME, with a walking robot from armasuisse, were present.

03.12.2019

Is the Swiss Innovation System for National Security ready for the future? This question was discussed at the Deftech Day in Thun based on various different perspectives and experiences on November 13, 2019.

03.12.2019

armasuisse S+T was able to successfully test the experimental system SAMURAI (Swiss African Multistatic Radar Initiative) together with the research partners CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) from Pretoria, South Africa and Palindrome Remote Sensing GmbH from Landquart.

19.09.2019

During the image analysis process, machine-learning (ML) methods are used as standard for automatic image classification and feature recognition. These methods attempt to group image-specific characteristics in a training data set and assign predetermined classes (e.g. «landscape», «dog» and «person») in order to generalise new images.

23.11.2018

With the current density of communication media and radar, the question arises as to whether the two formats are compatible with one another. This issue is compounded by the fact that some devices use similar frequencies.

31.10.2018

Developments in the storage of energy, robotics and automated information processing – these are the subjects of the latest DEFTECH (Defence Future Technologies) Update of armasuisse Science and Technology.

18.10.2018

armasuisse is having the round for the Leopard 2 MBT 120 mm weapon system/L44 gun barrel renewed to ensure that there is sufficient ammunition in stock again and to guarantee the army is prepared. The WTT tests its function, safety and performance.

20.08.2018

At armasuisse W + T, tests using drones have been performed to record local weather parameters. During test campaigns, the advantages and disadvantages of these «flying weather stations» compared to meteorological balloons were evaluated.

08.08.2018

What better than science fiction to describe and communicate futuristic realities and concepts? The new brochure sheds light on the challenges in which it highlights parallels between new technologies in the literary world and the current state of research.