armasuisse
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armasuisse is the Swiss federal competence center responsible for procuring and managing military and security-related equipment and technology.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| armasuisse canonical | 7 |
| armasuisse Procurement | 1 |
| armasuisse Real Estate | 1 |
| armasuisse Science and Technology | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638636 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: armasuisse Context triple: [Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, oversees, armasuisse]
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A.
Helvetia
Helvetia is the female national personification of Switzerland, symbolizing the Swiss Confederation and its unity, independence, and identity.
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B.
SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
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C.
Swiss Army
The Swiss Army is Switzerland’s national military force, responsible for the country’s defense and organized primarily as a militia with a small professional core.
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D.
Swissmint
Swissmint is the official mint of Switzerland responsible for producing the country’s coins and other numismatic products.
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E.
Cent-Suisses de la Garde
The Cent-Suisses de la Garde were an elite Swiss infantry guard unit serving as part of the French royal household’s protective and ceremonial forces under the Ancien Régime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: armasuisse Target entity description: armasuisse is the Swiss federal competence center responsible for procuring and managing military and security-related equipment and technology.
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A.
Helvetia
Helvetia is the female national personification of Switzerland, symbolizing the Swiss Confederation and its unity, independence, and identity.
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B.
SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
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C.
Swiss Army
The Swiss Army is Switzerland’s national military force, responsible for the country’s defense and organized primarily as a militia with a small professional core.
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D.
Swissmint
Swissmint is the official mint of Switzerland responsible for producing the country’s coins and other numismatic products.
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E.
Cent-Suisses de la Garde
The Cent-Suisses de la Garde were an elite Swiss infantry guard unit serving as part of the French royal household’s protective and ceremonial forces under the Ancien Régime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Swiss federal agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | armasuisse self-link ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure cost-effective procurement of defence materiel
ⓘ
guarantee operational readiness of Swiss Armed Forces equipment ⓘ promote innovation in security and defence technologies ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Swiss Armed Forces
ⓘ
Swiss defence industry ⓘ international defence organizations ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employerOf |
civilian personnel
ⓘ
military specialists ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
defence procurement policy
ⓘ
management of military infrastructure ⓘ security-related research and development ⓘ systems engineering for military applications ⓘ testing and certification of military equipment ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
armasuisse Command and Control Systems
ⓘ
armasuisse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
armasuisse Procurement
armasuisse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
armasuisse Real Estate
armasuisse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
armasuisse Science and Technology
|
| headquartersLocation |
Bern
ⓘ
Thun ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederation
|
| languageOfWork |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| officialName | armasuisse self-link ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swiss federal government
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Federal Administration
|
| responsibleFor |
armaments policy implementation
ⓘ
life-cycle management of military systems and materiel ⓘ offset and industrial participation in defence procurement ⓘ procurement of military equipment for the Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ real estate management for the Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ technology and market monitoring in the security domain ⓘ testing and evaluation of defence systems ⓘ |
| sector |
armaments
ⓘ
defence procurement ⓘ research and technology ⓘ security technology ⓘ |
| supervises |
procurement projects for air systems
ⓘ
procurement projects for command, control and communications systems ⓘ procurement projects for cyber and electronic warfare systems ⓘ procurement projects for land systems ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ar.admin.ch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: armasuisse Description of subject: armasuisse is the Swiss federal competence center responsible for procuring and managing military and security-related equipment and technology.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
armasuisse Procurement
this entity surface form:
armasuisse Real Estate
this entity surface form:
armasuisse Science and Technology