The Hungarian Army announced on 21 December that it has taken delivery of an initial batch of Gidran 4×4 armoured vehicles from Turkey. The recently received vehicles are part of 40 Gidrans ordered by the Hungarian Defence Force this year. The Gidran is an advanced version of Ejder Yalcın (Dragon) armoured vehicle produced by Turkish company Nurol Makina. The new version of the vehicle equipped with […]
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The Hungarian Armed Forces will buy National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System, better known as NASAMS, according to the office of the commissioner for defense development. According to a Reuters report, the Central European nation is expected to take the delivery of this air defense system, developed jointly by Kongsberg and Raytheon, in 2023. As noted by Kongsberg, Hungary becomes the 6th NATO nation and […]
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer has secured a contract from the Hungarian government to deliver two KC-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft to the Hungarian Air Force (HuAF). The KC-390 multi-mission transport aircraft, which are capable of carrying up to 23 tonnes of cargo, will arrive in Hungary in 2023-2024, according to a statement issued Monday by the secretariat of government commissioner Gaspar Maroth. The details were given in […]
On Thursday, German defense conglomerate Rheinmetall has released its new official video showing a Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) during her test at NATO Excercise Brave Warrior in Hungary. Rheinmetall posted the video show the Lynx KF41 that is taking part in the NATO Excercise Brave Warrior on 22nd September 2020. As noted by the company, it is a milestone for LYNX team to see the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107756/65/1077566575_0:218:2049:1370_1200x675_80_0_0_99a69d17bda340a1fce472ba39de5b1e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009151080469354-us-ambassador-to-hungary-david-cornstein-resigns/ WASHINGTON, September 16 (Sputnik) – Gambling mogul David Cornstein announced in a statement that he is resigning as US Ambassador to Hungary. “It was with a deep sense of pride, as well as some sadness, that I informed President Trump and Foreign Minister [Peter] Szijjarto that I will be stepping down as US Ambassador to Hungary on November 1,” […]
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said Hungary will tighten border crossing rules as of September 1 to curb the spread of coronavirus. The number of new infections is rising in neighboring countries. “As the school year starts, we will no longer be able to work with the border crossing system that was used during the summer,” Orban said. Currently, those returning from countries with higher infection […]
COLOGNE, Germany – The Hungarian army has taken delivery of four used Leopard-2 tanks to begin training on the weapons as manufacturer Kraus-Maffei Wegmann works on the country’s order of 44 new tanks. The Hungarian government ordered the equipment in late 2018 as part of an effort to replace its Soviet-era arms. The Leopard 2 tanks in their newest configuration, dubbed 2A7+, are slated to replace […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079969287_0:0:3077:1730_1200x675_80_0_0_3fb9155d81f89ff815d12e880aa39c4f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202007241079969317-us-expands-nato-c-17-airlift-training-to-hungary/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Training of crews to operate NATO’s C-17 cargo aircraft will expand to Hungary with the deployment of an aircraft under US military sales contract, Boeing announced in a press release on Monday. “Boeing… will provide aircrew training support for the Strategic Airlift Capability’s multinational fleet of C-17 aircraft under a new US Air Force Foreign Military Sale […]
The Hungarian government is “very concerned” that the coronavirus pandemic will trigger more waves of migrants trying to reach Europe from poorer nations, where the disease will have a greater impact, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday. EU leaders are obligated to help citizens who lost jobs due to the pandemic, by stemming “labor-oriented migration” that is “definitely against the interests” of Europe, Szijjarto said. […]