Swiss Army awards contract to Parrot for micro drones

Air February 21, 2020

The Swiss Army has awarded a contract for micro drones to drone manufacturer, Parrot.

European drone manufacturer Parrot has won a contract with the Swiss Defence Forces to produce micro drones.

The call for tender launched at the beginning of 2019 by armasuisse, the federal procurement agency responsible for the Swiss Armed Forces, is intended to get the right cost-effective training aids for the troops to become familiar with Mini UAV operations. Product specifications, quantities and prices are not disclosed.

This structuring project marks a new step forward for the Parrot Group in the field of security and defence on which the Group has been working since 2018. On this occasion, the Group will be working with its subsidiary senseFly, which will be in charge of operational support in Switzerland.

Although the financial impact of this project will not be significant on the Group’s results, this new contract underlines the quality of the technological innovations developed by Parrot and its leading position in the civil drone market. It adds up to the development contract signed with the United States Army in May 2019 for the new generation of compact drones, dedicated to the surveillance of the SRR (Short Range Reconnaissance) program.

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