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 "slug": "swiss-armeebotschaft-2026-3-4-billion-francs-iris-t-slm-expansion-eight-skynex-35mm-c-uas-f-35a-cost-overrun",
 "title": "Swiss Federal Council Requests CHF 3.4BN: IRIS-T SLM Expansion, Skynex 35mm C-UAS Systems, F-35A Cost Overrun",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/swiss-armeebotschaft-2026-3-4-billion-francs-iris-t-slm-expansion-eight-skynex-35mm-c-uas-f-35a-cost-overrun/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/swiss-armeebotschaft-2026-3-4-billion-francs-iris-t-slm-expansion-eight-skynex-35mm-c-uas-f-35a-cost-overrun/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-03-20T01:50:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:57.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBern, 20 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Swiss Federal Council on 20 March approved the 2026 Armeebotschaft requesting CHF 3.4 billion in commitment credits, with approximately CHF 1 billion for two additional Diehl IRIS-T SLM fire units (expanding the 2025 five-unit ESSI order to seven) and CHF 800 million for eight Rheinmetall Skynex 35mm counter-UAS systems with first deliveries from 2028\n * Additional CHF 394 million in supplementary credits for cost increases on Switzerland's F-35",
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
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  "essi",
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