The Austrian Ministry of Defense has tasked the American company Ace Aeronautics, LLC with the avionic upgrade of two transport helicopters S70 Black Hawk. After modernizing the first helicopter in 2020, the second batch of two helicopters was shipped from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge to Savannah, Georgia. After unloading and a technical inspection the helicopters were flown by Austrian pilots to Ace Aeronautics in Guntersville, Alabama on April 30 and May 1, 2021. The upgrade in the avionics suite will take place under supervision of Austrian technical personnel and is planned to be finished by the end of November 2021. One additional helicopter will be upgraded in the same time frame by Austrian technicians back home in Austria.
