Swiss army to massively expand research with universities

The Swiss army plans to massively expand its research budget by 2030 and work more closely with universities to bring the army up to speed technologically. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Drone research, cyber security, surveillance technology –universities are already conducting research in areas such as these for the army. The funding body is the Federal Office for Defence Procurement (Armasuisse). It plans to increase its research budget to 2% of the army's budget by 2030.