Signature Industries Limited announced today that it has signed a contract valued at £1.2m with Armasuisse (Swiss defence procurement agency) to supply SARBE Personal Locator Beacons to the Swiss Air Force.

The Company will supply its high-performance SARBE 6-406G Personal Locator Beacon along with associated spares, support equipment and training. The latest generation 406MHz and GPS PLB will become part of the standard survival equipment carried by aircrews operating fixed and rotary wing aircraft during training and operations

This purchase by the Swiss government follows a two year selection process during which Signature provided a good deal of support which helped Armasuisse in developing and refining the requirement. Part of the product selection process included exposing the PLB’s under consideration to some of the challenging climatic and topographical environments found in Switzerland.

A spokesman for the company said, “As you would expect of a Swiss organization, Armasuisse have been extremely thorough in the selection of a new PLB for their military aircrews. The performance of the SARBE 6-406G has been extensively tested and was shown to be superior to the competition”