US F-35 Jets Could Cost Switzerland 'More than CH1 Billion Extra'

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

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Once the federal government spoke of a fixed price of around six billion Swiss francs. Research shows that the US demands more.

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In June 2021, following a call for tenders issued as part of the Air 2030 program, Switzerland announced its intention to acquire thirty-six fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighter-bombers from the American manufacturer Lockheed Martin for 5.068 billion Swiss francs. And this, at the expense of Dassault Aviation's Rafale, the F/A-18... This article The bill for the 36 F-35As ordered by Switzerland could increase by 1.6 billion euros appeared…

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According to researches, Switzerland must pay 7.3 billion Swiss francs instead of 6 billion for the F-35 jets. The USA argues that there is no fixed price.

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Switzerland faces a bad budgetary surprise: the purchase of 36 F-35 aircraft, supposed to be at a fixed price, could eventually cost up to 1.5 billion Swiss francs.

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Switzerland may have to pay up to a billion and a half extra francs for F-35 combat aircraft, says Friday SRF in a survey on the purchase of new aircraft.