The Austrian National Defence Academy [Landesverteidigungsakademie] is the highest military training and research institution of the Austrian Armed Forces (AAF). It acts the "brain trust" of the AAF, and serves the forces and the MoD with:
Tasks:
Research and Training
Documentation and Publication
- approx. 240 employees, including 35 conscripts,
- approx. 2,000 students, including 100 international students,
- 150 courses,
- 5-10 international events,
- 200 individual lectures, and
- more than 10,000 teaching units p. a.
Tasks:
Research and Training
Basic training for higher officers is offered in:Staff officers' training (career and reserve)
- General Staff Course,
- Higher Quartermaster Officers' Course, and the
- Course for Higher Military Services.
- Training for leaders
- Teaching, research, and lectures in the fields of security, defence, and military politics
- Research and development in the fields of military strategy, operations, and tactics
- Teaching, research, and lectures in the field of security policy considering aspects of humanities and social sciences.
- Language training of the AAF
Documentation and Publication
Central documentation
Editorial office of the Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift (ÖMZ) [Austrian Military Journal]