5. INNOVATIONSTAG 2025

«Create the Future!» 16.09.2025

on the Gurten near Bern




Goals of the Innovation Day

The STA Board of Directors welcomes you to the 5th Innovation Day 2025. Startups, companies, and universities working on security-relevant technologies will have easy access to the current challenges facing the military.


Proposals for solutions are expected to come from all areas, including those outside of defense technology. For this purpose, the STA has launched the Innovation Day.

Your STA Board

Flyer Innovationstag 2025

Innovations for the Army

The Army presents its innovation needs in the fields


  • Field-ready and token-based login method for troops (simap ID #20164)
  • Monitoring of logistics infrastructure (simap ID #22193)
  • Innovative effect from systems against ground and/or air targets (simap ID #22173)

The framework conditions were announced on Innovation Day and can be found in the relevant simap.ch publications. Selected participants with their innovation proposals will be able to gather feedback and experience through field trials with the troops.

The STA Innovation Day offers you:

Insight into current innovation projects from the military, procurement, science and industry.

A competition in which you can submit innovative solutions to current challenges facing the army.

The opportunity to network with high-tech companies and thus form valuable partnerships between innovators and integrators.

A pre-networking session in the morning to bring together large companies, SMEs and startups and build strong teams.

Important dates and schedule

  • Mid-July 2025

    Advance announcements regarding innovation needs are published at simap.ch.

  • 31. August 2025

    Registration deadline for Innovation Day and networking appointment in the morning.

  • 5. September 2025

    Publication of the call for proposals for the study contract at simap.ch

  • 16. September 2025

    STA-Innovationstag «CREATE THE FUTURE!»

  • October 17, 2025

    Deadline for submitting project contributions on simap.ch

  • Beginning of November 2025

    Invitation of selected solution proposals to pitch to the client.

  • 18. / 19. / 20. November 2025

    Pitch days and judging at the client's premises

  • 28. November 2025

    Communication of the winner of the STA Challenges 2025 via simap.ch