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The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years. The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Thomas Süssli, chief of the Swiss Armed Forces since 2020 Structure of the Swiss Army, 2018 (click to enlarge) In peacetime, the Swiss Armed Forces are led by the Chief of the Armed Forces (Chef der Armee), who reports to the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport and to the Swiss Federal Council as a whole.
The Swiss Market Index (SMI) is Switzerland's blue-chip stock market index, which makes it the most followed in the country. [2] [3] It is made up of 20 of the largest and most liquid Swiss Performance Index (SPI) stocks. [1] As a price index, the SMI is not adjusted for dividends. [4] The SMI was introduced on 30 June 1988 at a baseline value ...
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War material exports fell 27% to 696.8 million Swiss francs ($788.06 million), the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said, down from 955 million francs in 2022.
RUAG has progressively expanded the range of military aircraft that it provides MRO services for. During 2012, it competed against EADS to provide aircraft support services to the German military. [8] In 2014, the company partnered with Finnish firm Patria to offer MRO services to McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet operators worldwide. [9]
The Federal Office for Defence Procurement, known as Armasuisse, is offering a joint cash prize of 50,000 Swiss francs, or about $57,000, for the three best entries to a new idea competition aimed ...
The original Eagle used the chassis and running gear of the Humvee.It was developed for the needs of the Swiss Army for an armoured reconnaissance vehicle.The Danish Army also purchased the Eagle I, and used it in the 2003 war in Iraq, as well as the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.