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News - "Austrian Army"
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Land Warfare
Austria trebles Pandur EVO 6x6 fleet via $1.9 billion order
20th February 2024
The Pandur EVO, a 6x6 APC which features a longer hull design, improved driveline technology and powerpack, will provide a significantly increased level of protection, payload and mobility compared to the Pandur I.
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Land Warfare
Austria may buy 100 more trucks under expanded $329 million truck deal
19th December 2023
Austria committed to 1,375 trucks under a framework agreement and has now expanded the agreement to potentially add another 100 trucks.
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Land Warfare
Rheinmetall to upgrade Austria’s Skyguard air defence system
12th December 2023
Rheinmetall's Oerlikon Skyguard, the air defence system developed for the protection of stationary high value assets such as air fields, bridges, industrial installations and military command and control centres, will undergo a multimillion dollar upgrade.
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Training
Significant improvements introduced to Austrian Army training
13th April 2022
The Austrian Army's use of its new Small Arms Tactical Trainers is expected to help make training more valuable and relevant.
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Training
Spanish Army boosts armoured training
15th February 2021
Spain is enhancing its distributed network of armoured fighting vehicle simulators with the addition of 28 devices for the Pizarro IFV.
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Defence Helicopter
Leonardo secures lucrative AW169M order from Austria
25th September 2020
Leonardo has beaten off stiff competition from Airbus and Bell to win a €300 million ($349 million) contract for 18 AW169M multirole helicopters from Austria. …
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Defence Helicopter
Leonardo secures lucrative AW169M order from Austria
25th September 2020
Leonardo has beaten off stiff competition from Airbus and Bell to win a €300 million ($349 million) contract for 18 AW169M multirole helicopters from Austria. …
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Digital Battlespace
DSEI 2019: Systematic introduces 3D functionality
12th September 2019
Danish defence company Systematic will integrate a three-dimension (3D) capability into its SitaWare Edge command and control (C2) solution, officials have disclosed to Shephard at …
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Training
ITEC 2019: eSim Games upgrades Austrian Leopard 2 tank simulator (video)
15th May 2019
Nils Hinrichsen, director of eSim Games talks to Shephard through the Leopard 2 gunnery simulator hardware and software upgrades for the Austrian Army, together with Diehl …
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Training
ITEC 2019: Walls on tour
1st May 2019
Following its presence at Enforce Tac in Nürnberg, Germany in March, Survitec has decided to take its inflatable walls training system (IWTS) on a year-long …
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Training
I/ITSEC 2018: Medical sim from Saab
29th November 2018
Over the past two years Saab Training has introduced a number of innovative apps that have been designed to enhance live training. Prefaced WE, standing …
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Land Warfare
IDEB 2018: Austria concludes winter BvS10 trials
17th May 2018
The Austrian Army has concluded winter trials of BAE Systems’ BvS10 ahead of serial production. The first army trials have been completed following the announcement …
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Land Warfare
Austria completes Pandur EVO blast trials
22nd February 2018
The Austrian Army has completed ballistic and mine protection testing for its new Pandur EVO 6x6 armoured vehicle, ahead of an expected handover later this year. …
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Land Warfare
Israeli military technology discovered in Kuwait, despite ban
9th January 2018
The Kuwaiti armed forces have been found to be using Israeli military technology, despite the Arab country not recognising the Jewish state and imposing a …
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Land Warfare
Latvia receives first Austrian howitzers
2nd October 2017
Latvia has received its first examples of second-hand M109 self-propelled howitzers from Austria, as part of an agreement signed between the two countries in April. …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Pandur Evo (Austria - Second Batch)
Programme Background The Austrian Army requires armoured vehicles with a high degree of mobility and blast protection to support its forces deployed on domestic and ...
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Mine-protected vehicles
Dingo 2 Protected vehicles
The Austrian Army has procured the Dingo 2 A3 in two variants: 46 patrol vehicles (Dingo 2 A3 PatSI) and 12 maintenance vehicles (Dingo 2 ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
BvS10 military vehicles
The Austrian BvS10 fleet is expected to reach IOC by the end of 2020. When the contract was announced, there were indications that the Austrian ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Tanks
SK-105
The SK-105 is a light tank designed to meet an Austrian Army requirement for a compact, manoeuvrable tank destroyer capable of operating in Austria's mountainous ...
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Land: RWS
WS4 Panther
The WS4 Panther RWS can be equipped with a 7.62mm medium machine gun, a 50cal heavy machine gun or a 40mm automatic grenade launcher. It ...
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Medium mortars
M8 81mm Mortar
Hirtenberger developed the M8 to meet the requirements of the Austrian Army. Available in different barrel lengths, the system is equipped with a digital fire ...
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Towed mortars
M12 120mm Mortar
Hirtenberger developed the M12 in collaboration with the Austrian Army. It has been in service with the country since 1985. The M12 is available in ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
ASCOD CBP IFV
GDELS unveiled a new variant of its tracked ASCOD (Austrian Spanish Cooperative Development) IFV based on the new Common Base Platform (CBP) at the June ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Pandur EVO
The Pandur EVO is a 6x6 APC that features a new longer hull design, driveline technology and powerpack, which provide a significantly increased level of ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
SquadNet Soldier Radio
Thales SquadNet Soldier Radio is compact radio with a simplified screen designed for dismounted troops. It has built-in Bluetooth and GPS functionality, as well as ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
ASCOD
The Austrian Spanish Cooperative Development (ASCOD) I/CFV was developed to meet the joint requirements of the Austrian and Spanish armies for a medium-weight armoured vehicle ...
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Land: RWS
ORCWS
The Overhead Remote Controlled Weapon Station (ORCWS) is an RWS family developed by Elbit for both ground and naval applications. Marketed in several configurations, it ...
