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Austrian Armed Forces take delivery of first BvS10 all-terrain vehicles

Land March 7, 2019

BAE Systems has delivered the first four BvS10 all-terrain vehicles to the Austrian Armed Forces, providing the service with a vehicle for operations in challenging terrains like mountains and snow. BAE Systems is under contract, issued in 2016, to deliver 32 of the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) variant of the BvS10 to the ...

EDA awards contracts for medical evacuation

Air February 26, 2019

The European Defence Agency has awarded contracts to three companies to provide medical evacuation services. The EDA has chosen three medical evacuation companies, who will be in contract until January 2023, in a deal that could be worth up to €120 million. They will provide evacuation and immediate treatment for patients as ...

Rheinmetall receives equipment orders from Austria

Land June 15, 2017

Austria’s Federal Ministry of the Interior has looked to Rheinmetall for new infantry equipment orders. This approval sees the company’s family of laser light module products, the VarioRay, rolled out to armed forces across the country. In a contract worth €1M, some 580 VarioRay laser light module sets were ordered in ...

10th EDA Helicopter Training Exercise now underway

Air November 16, 2016

Helicopter training programme Black Blade is now underway with over 400 personnel expected to take part in the exercise. Taking place between the 14th November and 2nd December, the programme will see a total of 14 air assets from four member states – 13 helicopter from Belgium, Slovenia, Austria and one ...