Swiss Air Force to upgrade the fire control units and guns of its 35mm Oerlikon Skyguard

Rheinmetall has been given a contract to upgrade the fire control units and guns of the Swiss Air Force 35mm Oerlikon Skyguard air defense system.

Oerlikon Skyguard
By Kobel (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The contract, to be completed by 2019, will extend the service life of the weapon until at least 2025.