Press Release: Signing of EDA-Switzerland Framework for Cooperation

The Framework for Cooperation between the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (DDPS) of the Swiss Confederation, which was signed on 16 March 2012, formalizes the relationship between EDA and Switzerland, thereby enabling Swiss participation in EDA’s projects and programmes. The Framework for Cooperation will allow for pragmatic joint activities in R&T and armaments projects and programmes. Cooperative areas remain to be further defined, but areas such as unmanned aerial systems, information acquisition and processing, cyber security, protection against improvised explosive devices and vehicle protection are examples of potential cooperative areas.