Organization

armasuisse is the Competence Center for Procurement, Technology and Real Estate within the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS). The Chief of Armament is directly responsible to the Head of Department.
Further key tasks of the department are the Defence sector and five federal offices: General Secretariat, Federal Intelligence Service, national topography office (swisstopo), Civil Protection and Sports.
Organization Charts

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Organization chart
PDF, 8 Pages, 138 KB, English
Management armasuisse
Urs Loher | National Armaments Director (NAD), CEO armasuisse |
Dr. Bernhard Knechtenhofer | Director Command and Control and Reconnaissance Systems |
Ivo Bravin | Director Land Systems |
Peter Winter | Director Aeronautical Systems |
Thomas Knecht | Director Purchasing and Cooperations |
Dr. Thomas Rothacher | Director Science and Technology |
Martin Stocker | Director armasuisse Real Estate |
Marcus Maurer | Director Resources and Support |
Facts and figures
Description | Indices |
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Number of personnel | about 940 |
Estimate 2021 | 2,4 billion CHF |
Managed credits | 3,505 |
Contracts/orders per year | 15,870 |
Supplier invoices per year | 37,938 |
Civilian orders per year | 323 |
Buildings and facilities | 7,000 |
Factsheet
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Factsheet armasuisse 2022
PDF, 2 Pages, 268 KB, English