Space travel Parliament prohibits sale of the company "Beyond Gravity"
The federal government should not sell the Swiss space company Beyond Gravity. Following the National Council, the Council of States has also spoken out against the sale of the space division of the federally owned armaments company Ruag.
10.03.2025, 21:01
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On Monday, the Council of States voted 28 to 15 in favor of a motion by the National Council's Security Policy Committee, which the upper chamber had adopted in September. The motion will now be passed on to the Federal Council for implementation.
A majority of the National Council and the Council of States are of the opinion that the sale of this company would be a strategic mistake. The Confederation would be divesting itself of the fourth-largest player in the European space industry, thereby relinquishing a lever of industrial influence in connection with security, they said.
Ruag was split up at the beginning of 2020. Since then, Ruag MRO has mainly been active as a technology partner for the Swiss Armed Forces. The international part of the company consists primarily of the Beyond Gravity division.
