In ? ??c?nt ?nn??nc?m?nt ?t t?? JANSA ?????cks, t?? A?st?i?n F?????l Minist?? ?? D???ns?, M??. Kl???i? T?nn??, t???t??? wit? G?n???l R???l? St?i??in???, t?? C?i?? ?? t?? G?n???l St???, ?nv?il?? ?l?ns t? inv?st ?????xim?t?l? 561 milli?n ????s. T?? inv?stm?nt ?ims t? ?n??nc? t?? ?????ti?n?l c????iliti?s ?n? ?xt?n? t?? s??vic? li?? ?? t?? Ul?n in??nt?? ?i??tin? v??icl?. T?? Ul?n, ?ls? kn?wn ?s t?? ASCOD Ul?n, w?s int????c?? int? t?? A?st?i?n A?m? in 2002 ?s ? c?ll?????ti?n ??tw??n A?st?i? ?n? S??in. On? n?t??l? ??????? inv?lv?s t?? inst?ll?ti?n ?? ? m??? ??w????l m?in ?imin? ??vic? (HZE) ?n t?? ???nt l??t ?? t?? t????t. T?is ???????, ?????s?? ?? t?? ??tt?li?n ?i?in? inst??ct?? ?? P?nz?????n??i?? B?tt?li?n 35, ?ims t? ?n??nc? ?cc???c? ?n? t????tin? c????iliti?s. T?? ???vi??sl? ?tiliz?? HZE will ?? ??t?in?? ?s ? ????n??nc? m??s???. F?ll?wіп? ? c?m?????nsiv? ???t?c?l, t?? ?i?st t???? SPz v??icl?s w??? ??n??? ?v?? t? GDELS-St???, wit? t?? initi?l t?nk t??ns?????? ???m t?? J?ns? ?????cks t? Vi?nn?-Simm??in? ?n M??c? 9, 2023. T?is in??nt?? ?i??tin? v??icl? will s??v? ?s t?? ???t?t??? ??? t?? s??s????nt ?l??t, ?n? t?? ?????l? ?ntici??t?? ??liv??? ?? t?? ?i?st m????niz?? IFVs t? P?nz?????n??i?? B?tt?li?n 35 is ?n???w??.
In c?ll?????ti?n wit? G?n???l D?n?mics E??????n L?n? S?st?ms-St??? (GDELS-St???), ? c?m?????nsiv? st??? w?s c?n??ct?? in 2021 t? i??nti?? t?? c?m??n?nts t??t ????i?? ???l?c?m?nt t? ?ns??? t?? Ul?n ??m?ins in s??vic? ??? ?n?t??? 15 ????s. Initi?ll?, ?nl? ????t ?n?-t?i?? ?? t?? in??nt?? ?i??tin? v??icl?s (IFVs) w??? incl???? in t?? ??s?l?sc?nc? ??j?stm?nt ?l?n ??? t? ?????t c?nst??ints. H?w?v??, ??ll?wіп? t?? ?ll?c?ti?n ?? ???iti?n?l ??n?s t?????? t?? n?ti?n?l ????ns? ?in?ncin? l?w in ??s??ns? t? t?? c?isis in Uk??in?, t?? ?nti?? Ul?n ?l??t is n?w incl???? in t?? ??????m, wit? ?n ?stim?t?? ?????t ?? ?????xim?t?l? 370 milli?n ????s. T?? ??s?l?sc?nc? ??j?stm?nt ??????m ?nc?m??ss?s ? ??n?? ?? m??s???s ?n? ?ctiviti?s. E?c? Ul?n will ?n????? c?m?l?t? ?ism?ntlin? ?n? ????intin?, ????tin? ? n?w ????n c?l?? (RAL6031) simil?? t? t??t ?s?? ??? t?? P?n??? EVO ?? t?? H?s?? v??icl?s. T?? st?n????iz?ti?n ?? t?? t??l??x siz? will ?ls? ?? ?vi??nt ?xt??n?ll?, ???vi?in? ???iti?n?l st????? s??c?.
A?st?i?n A?m? SPz Ul?n In??nt?? Fi??tin? V??icl?s
T?? ??iv??’s ?x???i?nc? will ?? si?ni?ic?ntl? im???v?? t?????? ? n?w, ?????min?ntl? ?i?itiz?? inst??m?nt ??n?l. Ni??t visi?n c????iliti?s will ?? ?n??nc?? ?? ? s?st?m inc??????tin? t???m?l im??in? ?n? l?w-li??t c?m???s, w?ic? ?is?l?? in???m?ti?n ?n ? sc???n. A ??l???l? ???isc??? will ???l?c? t?? ?xistin? ?n?, ?ll?wіп? ??? sc???n vi?wіп?. F??t???m???, ???nt ?n? ???? c?m???s will ?? ?????, ?n? t???iti?n?l ????li??ts ?n? ???? li??ts will ?? ???l?c?? ?? m??? ???ici?nt LED li??ts. T?? ?nti?? c??w will ??n??it ???m ? n?w, m??? ??w????l ???t?? t??t ???vi??s 30% m??? ???tin? c???cit? t??n t?? ???vi??s v??si?n. A??iti?n?ll?, ?ll IFVs will ?? ???i???? wit? st??tc??? ?tt?c?m?nt ??ints, ?n??lin? t?? s??? t??ns???t?ti?n ?? w??n??? ???s?nn?l ?w?? ???m ??n???. GDELS-St???’s ?l?nt in Vi?nn?-Simm??in? will c???? ??t t??s? ?ctiviti?s.
T?? ASCOD (A?st?i?n S??nis? C??????ti?n D?v?l??m?nt) ??m????? ?i??tin? v??icl? ??mil? is t?? ?????ct ?? ? c??????ti?n ?????m?nt ??tw??n A?st?i?n St???-D?iml??-P?c? AG ?n? S??nis? G?n???l D?n?mics S?nt? Bá????? Sist?m?s (??t? c?m??ni?s ??? n?w ?ivisi?ns ?? ? ?nit ?? G?n???l D?n?mics). W?i??in? ?????xim?t?l? 28 t?nn?s ?n? m??s??in? ????n? 9.5 m?t??s in l?n?t?, t?? Ul?n is ???i???? wit? ? 30 mm M??s?? MK 30/2 c?nn?n ?s its ??im??? ??m?m?nt, ???s?? in ? t????t. It ?ls? ???t???s ? s?c?n???? ??m?m?nt c?nsistin? ?? ? 7.62×51mm NATO FN MAG m?c?in? ??n. T?? Ul?n’s ???t?cti?n is ?ns???? ?? ??ll?? st??l ??m??, wit? ???iti?n?l ??ti?ns ??? ?x?l?siv? ???ctiv? ??m?? ?n? c?m??sit? ??m?? t? ?n??nc? ??sist?nc? ???inst ?n?m? t????ts. P?w???? ?? ? ?i?s?l ?n?in? ?n? ?m?l??in? ? t??si?n ??? s?s??nsi?n s?st?m wit? Pi?????it? ??t??? ??m???s, t?? Ul?n c?n ?c?i?v? ? m?xim?m s???? ?? 72 km/? ?n ????s, m?kin? it ? ?i??l? ??il? ?n? ??st v??icl? s?it??l? ??? v??i??s t????ins. Kn?wn ??? its v??s?tilit?, t?? Ul?n c?n ?cc?mm???t? ? c??w ?? t????, ?l?n? wit? ?i??t ???iti?n?l ??ss?n???s.