Zsolt Barthel-Rúzsa
20:09 April 29, 2023
Reservists conduct joint Hungarian-American live fire exercise
11:23 May 16, 2025
Reservists from four territorial defence regiments of the Hungarian Defence Forces are holding a joint live fire exercise together with the members of the Ohio National Guard at Bakonykúti shooting range. Brigadier General László Drót, Commander, HDF Territorial Defence and Military Augmentation Command told us that a Hungarian company and an American platoon are participating in the live fire exercise of Exercise Valiant Panther 2025.
The First Leguan 2HU Bridge Layer Has Arrived in Tata
11:11 May 16, 2025
“Well-trained, ready-for-action Hungarian soldiers, high-tech armoured vehicles – that’s what we are talking about”, wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page after, together with the arrival of three other Leopard 2A7HU main battle tanks, the first Leguan 2HU bridge layer also arrived at the HDF 1st Armoured Brigade. With the new engineering capability of the armour corps, the Land Forces of the HDF are further strengthened.
Drones, training programs, cyber warfare
11:43 May 12, 2025
The Hungarian and Azerbaijani militaries are planning to hold joint training programs, exchanges of lessons learned and technological cooperation in key areas of future warfare, such as drone technology, cyber security and special operations. This was what General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff agreed on with the military leaders of the Caucasian republic during his official visit to Azerbaijan.
Italian job
11:35 May 12, 2025
As part of the NATO Forward Land Force Battle Group (NATO FLF BG), the Italian comrades of the HDF 11th Motorized Infantry Brigade recently exercised in Hajdúsámson. Last week the subunit put its Close Quarters Battle (CQB) capabilities to the test under realistic circumstances.
Hungarian–Austrian cooperation in focus
10:27 May 12, 2025
“On the geopolitical level, Austria’s position is complex as it is an EU member state, but is not part of NATO, our defence alliance. However, our Western neighbor takes security challenges seriously” – that’s why General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff held discussions with his Austrian counterpart, General Rudolf Striedinger in Salzburg.
Domestic development for strengthening collective European defence
12:13 May 9, 2025
One topic on the agenda of the Space & Defense Summit held in Budapest was the enhancement of European defence capability, to which Hungary intends to contribute, among others, through the strengthening of Hungarian defence industry. “Our long-term goal is to be able to support the Hungarian servicemembers’ combat readiness with as many domestically developed and produced assets and services as possible” – stated MoD State Secretary for Force Development and Defence Policy Dr. Zsolt Kutnyánszky at the professional event.
Hungarian companies are present in international defence industry
13:10 May 7, 2025
The success of our domestic defence industry companies is important to the Hungarian economy and the Hungarian Defence Forces – said Defence Minister of Hungary Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky about the Defence Exhibition Athens (DEFEA).
Basic sport instructor training in Germany
15:55 May 6, 2025
The CISM International Basic Sport Instructor Training Course was held with the participation of eight member countries within the program of the International Military Sports Council (Conseil International du Sport Militaire, CISM) in Warendorf, Germany between 30 March and 17 April. Besides Warrant Officer András Furman, assigned warrant officer of the HDF 2nd Sustainment Regiment, the other Hungarian participant of the 24th edition of the vocational further training sports course was Lieutenant Lili Mag, an officer of the HDF 3rd Territorial Defence Regiment.
Greece is an Important Ally in Fighting Against Illegal Migration
15:48 May 6, 2025
Preserving the peace and stability of the Western Balkans and defending the European Union’s external borders are mutual interests of Greece and Hungary, declared Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Athens, where he recently had discussions with Greek Minister for National Defence Nikos Dendias.
Unique trauma surgical training on the threshold of NATO certification
14:39 May 6, 2025
A multinational group of civilian and military doctors, as well as perioperative assistants participated in the course based on American traumatology and battlefield lessons learned that was held with the title “Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma” (ASSET) at the Department of Pathology, Forensic and Insurance Medicine of Semmelweis University in Budapest on 16-17 April.