It is the procurement organization for armaments of Switzerland and is affiliated with the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport.

This ranges from the evaluation, procurement, maintenance and liquidation of materials and systems for the Comprehensive Real Estate Management in VBS to ensuring scientific and technical services.

The forerunner of Armasuisse was the War Technical Department, which was subordinated to the army leadership until the so-called Mirage Affair of 1964 took place.

Finally, in 2003 the group was divided into RUAG (with all maintenance and production operations of GR) and Armasuisse (procurement and related technical and scientific bodies).

The main partner is the Defence sector, represented in particular by the Planning Staff of the Army and Armed Forces Logistics.

Services in the areas of ballistics, explosives diagnostics, electromagnetic compatibility, electronics and optronics are also available to private customers.

The Centaur system is produced by Aurora Flight Sciences of the USA, starting with a basic DA42 from Diamond Aircraft.

The Centaur system is used to conduct experiments and test flights on integrating UAVs with manned military and civil aircraft operations.