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In today’s rapidly changing security environment, the key to the Alliance’s military effectiveness lies in continuous development and rapid adaptation to new challenges. The Allied Command Transformation plays a key role in this process: its task is not only to coordinate operations across traditional land, air and sea forces, but also in cyberspace and outer space, wrote Defence Minister Dr Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi on his social media page.Read more

“The lessons learned from the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are clear: the nature of warfare is changing at an unprecedented pace. Drones, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and new tactical procedures are fundamentally transforming the battlefield. What is effective today may become obsolete in a few weeks. The race today is to adapt more quickly,” emphasised Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Admiral Pierre Vandier, who held a press conference with General Zsolt Sándor, Chief of HDF Defence Staff, at the end of his two-day visit.Read more

“Lessons learned in international environment may help the medical work in missions conducted abroad” – emphasized Major Dr (MD) Attila Kiss, Head of Ambulance Department, HDF Medical Centre at the DSTC/DATC course held for surgeons and anesthesiologists treating seriously injured patients, which is run in Hungary already for the third time.Read more

“I can say without exaggeration that after every course, we receive at least one message from participants in which they describe how they have saved a life thanks to the knowledge and practical skills they acquired on the course,” emphasised Dr Mark Bowyer, professor of surgery and US director of the Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) course. The course was organised jointly by the Hungarian Defence Forces Medical Centre and Semmelweis University and took place for the fifth time.Read more

Chief Warrant Officer Remigijus Katinas, CSEL for Allied Command Transformation (ACT), accompanied by CSM Tamás Zsiros, Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces, visited the HDF NCO Academy in Szentendre on October 26, and received detailed information on the HDF NCO training system.Read more

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Admiral Pierre Vandier held discussions on October 26 in Szentendre with senior officers of the Hungarian Defence Forces Transformation Command regarding the HDF’s defence capacities, capabilities and their development. During the first leg of his two-day visit, he also familiarised himself with the functioning of the HDF NCO Academy.Read more

Italian soldiers from NATO’s deployable communications and information system have arrived at the Alba Regia barracks in Székesfehérvár to train and demonstrate, as part of Exercise Gladiator Demonius 2026, that they are capable of rapidly and professionally deploying to a designated area to provide reliable IT and communications services to supported commands and command posts.Read more

Hungarian soldiers serving in KFOR, NATO’s mission in Kosovo, commemorated the events of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence.Read more

On the second working day of their visit to Hungary, the NATO delegation of Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (CSELs) familiarised themselves with the Hungarian Defence Forces’ NCO training system and capabilities. The delegation, headed by Chief Warrant Officer Zoltán Kaszab, CSEL for Allied Command Operations, and accompanied by CSM Tamás Zsiros, Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces, began the program at the Ministry of Defence in Budapest before continuing on to Szentendre.Read more