HUNGARIAN DEFENCE FORCES ONLINE

“An informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers is currently taking place here in Cyprus, where we are reviewing the most important challenges and tasks affecting Europe’s security,” wrote Defence Minister Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi on his social media page on June 8.Read more

A sniper of the Hungarian Defence Forces Special Operations Command recently won first place at the T-Class Tactical Sniper National Cup 2026 international marksmanship competition organized in Bulgaria.Read more

“The soldiers of three nations were exercising together and learning from each other, and so they have achieved their objective by successfully clearing the trenches. This shows that the soldiers of the Ohio National Guard serve together with the Hungarian and Serbian forces as true comrades” – said Major General Matthew S. Woodruff, Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard on June 5 in Táborfalva.Read more

The Deep Water 2026 basic diving training has concluded, with Hungarian and North Macedonian soldiers successfully tackling the challenges. The underwater operations of the last few weeks required thorough technical expertise, as well as great perseverance, discipline, and teamwork.Read more

“We’ve had a great partnership with the Ohio National Guard for decades. Our troops were co-deployed in the Afghanistan mission, and we’ve been continuously supporting each other. Thanks to the good relationship, our troops have been able to demonstrate in the Alliance that we’re reliable partners” – said Defence Minister Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi PhD during Ohio National Guard Adjutant General Major General Matthew S. Woodruff’s visit to Hungary on June 4.Read more

“It can be armed, used for the tasks of special operations, in support the land forces, for air assault and close air support, and for the execution of any logistic transport task” – this was how Colonel Krisztián Kovács, Commander, HDF 86th Helicopter Wing praised the versatility of the H225M helicopters at the 5th conference of the H225M User Group on June 2.Read more

The chiefs of staff of the Visegrád Four—including General Zsolt Sándor—met in Budapest on June 3 to discuss current regional challenges and coordinate their common objectives. The conference focused on technological issues in modern warfare, including counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS) capabilities.Read more

State-of-the-art technological developments and international cooperation recently played the main role at an airbase near Beja, Portugal. Together with Portuguese, Spanish and Belgian service personnel, the soldiers of the ISTAR UAV company of the HDF 2nd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Regiment used various types of fixed-wing UAVs in practicing the reconnoitering of enemy activity, the monitoring of vehicles and the surveillance of facilities on the ground and the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean.Read more

On June 2–3, 2026, János Szőnyegi, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Force Development and Defence Policy hosted the Defence Policy Directors from the Visegrád Group (V4) countries (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic) in Budapest.Read more