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# Switzerland joins EU defence innovation hub's first test campaign
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-18-switzerland-hedi-first-operative-testing/
- Published: 2025-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:01:39.000Z
- Description: Switzerland's armasuisse sent a two person delegation to the EU Hub for Defence Innovation's first Operational Experimentation campaign in Italy, testing unmanned air and ground systems. It is Switzerland's first contribution since joining HEDI in late 2024.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [armasuisse press release, 18 July 2025](https://www.ar.admin.ch/en/hedi-first-operative-testing?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that Switzerland has procured or fielded any system tested, only that it observed and contributed technically.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)