19-Jan-23 - Austria signed € 304 M contract for additional 18 AW169M LUH helicopters bringing the total number to 36. Deliveries expected to be completed by 2028 #AW169M
21-Dec-22 - Austrian Air Force takes delivery of first of 18 Leonardo AW169M LUH helicopter to replace Alouette III fleet. Italy and Austria sign G2G Agreement amendment to exercise options for additional aircraft #Austria
14-Jan-22 - A €346M contract for 18 Leonardo AW169M helicopters ( 6 trainers + 12 LUH ) as Austrian Air Force Alouette III replacements was signed in the framework of the Italy-Austria G2G Agreement. Deliveries between 2022-2026 #Austria
07-Jul-21 - European Defence Agency (EDA) 15th edition of the Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP) Hot Blade 21 (HB21) took place in Beja, Portugal in June with the participation of 21 aircraft from Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Slovenia and Portugal #HOTBLADE
15-May-20 - An Austrian S-70A-42 Black Hawk equipped with a new medical kit interior developed by Air Ambulance Technology (AAT) brought home a soldier with COVID-19 from Bosnia-Herzegovina #BlackHawk
20-Feb-19 - The Austrian Air Force ordered three upgraded UH-60A Black Hawk valued $50M to Ace Aero which is currently upgrading their 9 S-70A-42 to the Acehawk type with the ACE DECK VL-60 glass cockpit. Deliveries scheduled to start in 2021 after completion of current contract #BlackHawk
09-Feb-18 - Avalex partnered with ACE Aeronautics and Garmin in the Austrian S-70A-42 avionics upgrade. The 9 Bundesheer Black Hawks, delivered in 2002, need to comply with the Single European Sky initiative
09-Jun-17 - Ace Aeronautics awarded us$ 40M contract to design, manufacture and install a new avionics system for the 9 Austrian Bundesheer S-70A-42 Black Hawk. Work will be done in Alabama and completed by 2020
23-Jun-15 - More than 30 helicopters and 1000 military personnel have gathered 80 kilometers north of Rome for Italian Blade 2015, this year’s largest military rotary-wing exercise in Europe.
18-May-15 - Austrian Mint issued silver and copper 5 euro coins with a Black Hawk helicopter in a life-saving role to commemorate this month s 60th anniversary of the Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer)
