Defense - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Fri, 22 May 2026 15:36:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png Defense - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 Hungarian Air Force Receives Two New Gripen Fighter Jets https://dteurope.com/defense/hungarian-air-force-receives-two-new-gripen-fighter-jets/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:05:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=79387 Two new JAS-39 C Gripen fighter jets arrived at the Hungarian Air Force's Vitéz Dezső Szentgyörgyi 101st Air Brigade base in Kecskemét (East Central Hungary) on Wednesday, bringing the fleet to 16 fighter aircraft. At a ceremony marking the delivery and the 20th anniversary of the Gripen's service in Hungary, Colonel General Gábor Böröndi, commander […]

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]]> Hungary to Receive Four New Gripen Fighters https://dteurope.com/defense/hungary-to-receive-four-new-gripen-fighters/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:26:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=78471 Hungary will take delivery of four new Gripen fighter jets at the Kecskemét airbase, East Central Hungary, by the end of June this year. Hungary's 14 Gripens have defended not only its own skies but also those of Slovakia and Slovenia for two decades, with Hungarian pilots completing four tours in the Baltic mission. Last […]

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]]> Baltic Air Policing for the Fourth Time https://dteurope.com/defense/baltic-air-policing-for-the-fourth-time/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:58:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=74563 The personnel of the 69th rotation of the Hungarian Defence Forces Baltic Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Detachment – stationed in a lead nation role at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania – are about to start performing air policing tasks for the fourth time as of August 1, the Hungarian defense website honvedelem.hu reports. The airmen are […]

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]]> SAAB: New Aeronautics Development Hub in Hungary https://dteurope.com/defense/saab-new-aeronautics-development-hub-in-hungary/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:51:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=73423 The SAAB Group, manufacturer of Gripen fighter jets, is to establish an aeronautical development center in Hungary, which will provide a major opportunity for Hungarian engineers to take part in the high-tech industry of fighter aircraft production, according to Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó. A statement issued by the ministry says […]

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]]> First Lynx Manufactured in Hungary https://dteurope.com/defense/the-first-hungarian-built-lynx-is-ready/ Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:19:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=69120 The first Hungarian Lynx air defense weapon has been completed at the Zalaegerszeg plant in south-western Hungary, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement sent to MTI. They recalled their information on Thursday that according to their latest agreement with their strategic partner Rheinmetall, they are developing an air defence system for the Hungarian […]

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]]> RÁBA Plc. Memorandum of Understanding with Turkish Firm https://dteurope.com/defense/raba-plc-memorandum-of-understanding-with-turkish-firm/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:51:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=68600 RÁBA Automotive Holding Plc. has informed the participants of capital markets on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that on October 31, 2023, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by RÁBA Plc. and Nurol Makina, “an internationally significant Turkish defense company,” with the purpose of considering the establishment of a joint venture for joint […]

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]]> Europe's Most Modern Tank Factory in Zalaegerszeg https://dteurope.com/business/europes-most-modern-tank-factory-in-zalaegerszeg/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:38:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=66864 Europe's most modern and sophisticated tank factory was built at a world record speed within the Group, providing Hungary with outstanding defense capabilities, Rheinmetall's President, Armin Papperger said at the inauguration of the company's Zalaegerszeg plant (SW Hungary) on Friday. The President said Hungary is part of the European air defense initiative and has the […]

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]]> Head of Hungarian Defense Forces Visits Ukraine https://dteurope.com/news/head-of-hungarian-defense-forces-visits-ukraine/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 07:14:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=52710 Heading a delegation, the Commander of the Hungarian Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi visited Ukraine this Friday at the invitation of the Ukrainian Chief of General Staff, Colonel General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Hungarian defense issues website honvedelem.hu reported this Friday morning. During the visit, the main topics of discussion between the army commanders […]

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]]> V4 and Ukraine Chiefs of Staff Meet in Debrecen https://dteurope.com/defense/v4-and-ukraine-chiefs-of-staff-meet-in-debrecen/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:31:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=51840 The military leaders participating in the meeting of the chiefs of staff of the Visegrád Group (V4) reviewed the topical issues of cooperation between national armies on Tuesday in Debrecen, the commander of the Hungarian Defense Forces (MH) said after the meeting. Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi told journalists that the Ukrainian Chief of General Staff, […]

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]]> Hungarian NATO Plane Helps Arms Shipment to Ukraine https://dteurope.com/defense/hungarian-nato-plane-carries-arms-shipment-to-ukraine/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 11:24:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=48276 A Hungarian C-17 aircraft of the NATO Heavy Airlift Regiment stationed in Pápa, W Hungary carried weapons, destined for Ukraine, from the Netherlands to a not specified Eastern European country. In the meantime, the Hungarian government said Hungary does not offer arms to Ukraine and does not allow arms transfers through its territory, but is […]

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]]> UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in Budapest https://dteurope.com/defense/uk-defence-secretary-ben-wallace-in-budapest/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:54:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=47352 The British Secretary of State for Defence arrived in the the Hungarian capital for bilateral talks with his counterpart, the Hungarian Defence Minister Tibor Benkő, focusing on European Security and the ongoing threat of Russian military forces on the border of Ukraine. The Ministers laid wreaths at the Memorial Stone of the Unknown Soldier at […]

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]]> Hungarian Lynx-s To Be Equipped with StrikeShield https://dteurope.com/defense/hungarian-lynx-s-to-be-equipped-with-strikeshield/ Thu, 13 May 2021 13:29:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=37749 The consignment of Lynx armored infantry fighting vehicles purchased by the Hungarian army will be fitted with German Rheinmetall's StrikeShield active protection system, the state news agency MTI was informed this Thursday. "The so-called active protection system will provide the highest level of security available today for the Hungarian army's new armoured combat vehicles, government […]

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]]> Airbus: Joint Venture with the Hungarian State https://dteurope.com/business/airbus-joint-venture-with-the-hungarian-state/ Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:45:39 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=21435 The Hungarian state and Airbus Helicopters are establishing the joint venture 'Airbus Helicopters Hungary Ltd.' The deal was announced in Budapest this Friday. The Hungarian state has a 30% ownership stake in the newly established joint venture in Gyula, SE Hungary. From 2022, the factory will produce helicopter parts exclusively for Airbus. "The investment in […]

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]]> Hungarian Peacekeepers Leave for Kosovo https://dteurope.com/defense/hungarian-peacekeepers-leave-for-kosovo/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:31:51 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=17153 A send-off ceremony was held this Monday at Kossuth Square in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, for the 22nd contingent of the Hungarian Defense Forces' KFOR (Kosovo Force) Corps before they leave for the Balkan country. From March, the Hungarian soldiers will serve for six months as part of the international peacekeeping force under NATO command, with […]

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]]> Hungary, the Biggest Buyer of German Weapons https://dteurope.com/politics/hungary-the-biggest-buyer-of-german-weapons/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:44:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=16659 After three years of falling, weapons and military hardware exports by Germany have gone into reverse in 2019, reaching almost EUR 8 billion, and the quarter of these exports deliveries went to Hungary, Deutsche Welle and euronews report. Documents show that Hungary purchased roughly a quarter of all the authorized German arms exports in the […]

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