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General Guglielmo Miglietta also attends ceremony held in the Bakony Hills
14:07 March 6, 2023
Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFCBS) General Guglielmo Miglietta also attended the handover-takeover ceremony of the rotations of the NATO enhanced Vigilance Activity Battle Group (eVA BG HUN).
Continuing strategic partnership with Rheinmetall
14:02 March 6, 2023
On the first two days of March, Dr. Dávid Klacsmann, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Industry and Procurement held discussions with Paul Walf, Head of Corporate Cooperation Central Europe, Rheinmetall AG in Budapest.
“We believe that it is good to be a soldier”
10:10 March 2, 2023
“We need as many well-trained combat soldiers as possible in the interest of the defence of the homeland” – said Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Chief of the General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces in an interview to defence.hu. We talked with the Chief of the HDF General Staff about, among other things, the National Defence and Armed Forces Development Program, the countrywide recruitment campaign as well as the transformation and rejuvenation of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
Defence Innovation Research Institute established
17:01 March 1, 2023
In February 2023, the Defence Innovation Research Institute Nonprofit Ltd (DIRI) was established. According to its concept, the DIRI is dedicated to mapping dual-use technologies, i.e. those that can be used for civilian and military purposes alike, and to supporting their defence-related utilization. Further tasks of the new organization include interministerial cooperation, international embeddedness and the specification of long-term development goals. The Minister of Defence exercises the ownership rights of the new company.
On Training – Part One
08:03 February 23, 2023
The military doctors and health professionals of the Hungarian Defence Forces Medical Centre are able to provide high-level medical care for those needing it in the area of operations as well. In the first part of On Training, we introduce the workings of this mobile field hospital with special capabilities.
Example to follow – Special Operations Commanders meeting in Szolnok
13:39 February 22, 2023
Service component commanders of the participating countries of the Regional Special Operations Component Command (R-SOCC) recently held discussions at an event organized by the HDF Joint Special Operations Command in Szolnok, Hungary.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: the government is working for the Hungarians’ security in NATO as well
10:22 February 16, 2023
The government of Hungary is working to ensure the security of Hungarians in NATO at a time of war and amid the threats of growing migration pressure, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky after a two-day Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels on Wednesday, 15 February.
Working towards even closer cooperation
10:17 February 16, 2023
Hungary would like to expand the scope of cooperation with India in several fields, it was stated at the Aero India 2023 event in Bengaluru, where Hungary is represented by Gábor Gion, MoD State Secretary for Defence Strategy and Human Resources Policy.
Respect and thanks to Hungarian military doctors
11:48 February 15, 2023
The goal is to integrate the lessons learned into the system of the HDF Medical Center – said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in a video shared on his Facebook-page, after welcoming home the military doctors participating in rescue operations in the wake of the earthquake in Türkiye.
Hunor rescue team returns home from Türkiye
10:32 February 13, 2023
The search and rescue team Hunor of the National Directorate General for Disaster Management (NDGDM) returned home from Türkiye in the wee hours of Monday, 13 February. The team has rescued 17 survivors – including three children – and retrieved 29 bodies from under the rubbles in earthquake-hit Türkiye. The military plane carrying the rescue team landed at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport shortly after Sunday midnight. Here, the homecomers were received, among others, by Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, MoI Parliamentary State Secretary Bence Rétvári and Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD, Chief of the Hungarian Defence Forces General Staff.