Defense Parliamentary oversight criticizes the Confederation's supervision of RUAG MRO
The Control Committee of the Council of States has identified several shortcomings in the Confederation's management of Ruag MRO. It criticized the handling of a whistleblower report and late compliance requirements.
30.01.2026, 16:10
SDA
The investigation was triggered by inconsistencies in a planned sale of 96 Leopard 1 tanks to Germany by Ruag in 2023. This is what the Control Committee of the Council of States (CC-S) wrote in its report published on Friday.
It calls for improvements in supervision by the owner - the Department of Defense (DDPS). For the Commission, it is "difficult to understand" that the DDPS did not recognize in 2019 that the Ruag management's statement failed to refute the most important allegation from the whistleblowing report, namely the sale of material at significantly below market prices.
The Federal Council also failed to question the Group's overly positive reporting and provided insufficient information to Parliament. In the opinion of the GPK-S, the Federal Council also took up the fact that federally related companies such as Ruag must maintain a compliance management system too late, namely only with regard to the current 2024-2027 strategy period.
