DefenceTalkA Vienna court on Monday found an Austrian arms lobbyist guilty of money laundering related to European defence giant EADS, now renamed Airbus. Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly received a six-month suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay 50,000 euros ($50,600), deemed to have been “ill-gotten gains”, a spokesman of the Vienna regional court told AFP. Both […]https://www.defencetalk.com/austrian-arms-lobbyist-convicted-of-money-laundering-79385/

DefenceTalkAll Eurofighters in service in Austria now have the latest capability standard for Tranche 1 aircraft. The Austrian Armed Forces’ Eurofighters have now been equipped with enhanced hardware and software capability as part of an upgrade programme. To optimize efficiencies, the work has been done in parallel with the aircrafts’ daily operations by employees of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cassidian-upgrades-austrian-eurofighters-49465/

DefenceTalkAustria has warned its 26 European Union partners in a letter against providing weapons for rebel movements in the Syrian conflict, said a press report to be published Tuesday. The foreign ministry in Vienna confirmed late Monday that a document had been handed over to the European Union in Brussels, but did not give details. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/austria-warns-against-arms-shipments-to-syrian-rebels-47763/