Department of Military Technology
Head of Department: Ltc. Robert Laszlo Veg, PhD, Associate Professor
Lieutenant Colonel Róbert László Vég graduated from the János Bolyai Military Technical College in 1991, specialising in combat vehicle operations. His first posting was to Kaposvár at the HDF 64th József Boconádi Szabó Support Battalion, serving as a repair platoon commander. In 1998, he obtained a degree in Agricultural Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Agricultural Mechanical Engineering at Gödöllő University of Agricultural Sciences; in the same year, he completed the military-technical staff officer course at the Faculty of Management and Organizational Sciences of the Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University. He began teaching since 1998 at the János Bolyai Military Technical College, as well as at the legal predecessors of the Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training at the National University of Public Service. He obtained his PhD degree in 2013. In 2025, he obtained a qualification as a teacher of engineering from the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He has over twenty-five years of teaching experience as well as several years of leadership experience. His research interest include the technical training of drivers.
Contacts:
Office: H-1101 Budapest, Hungária krt. 9-11. Zrínyi Campus, Building ‘A’, Room 947.
Phone: (36) 1 432 9000/ 29380
E-mail: vegh.robert@uni-nke.hu
About the Department
The primary mission of the Department of Military Technology is to train logistics officers for the Hungarian Defence Forces, who specialise in armament and vehicle technology. Our staff deliver theoretical instruction and practical training sessions using four vehicle technology techniching facilities (internal combustion engines classroom, automotive diagnostics laboratory, armored and automotive technical workshop, and major vehicle component classroom), a weapons training suite (armory, classroom, and workshop), and four further facilities (CAD lab, computer lab, machining workshop, and materials testing laboratory). The training prepares students to serve as repair section commanders.
Our students begin their studies in the eight-semester BSc programme of Military Logistics. At the end of the fourth semester, students must select a specialization—such as military transport, military logistics support, or military finance—or the military technology specialization managed by our department, which is further divided into two modules: armament technology and armored vehicle and automotive technology. Upon completion of their studies are awarded a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree and qualify as military logistics managers (specializing in military technology).
Research areas of the Department
· Hydraulic systems and hydrodynamic torque converters in automatic transmissions in combat and other vehicles.
· Design features and structural characteristics of tanks and tracked combat vehicles.
· Technical aspects of driver training
· Development of spatial awareness through 3D modeling and printing.
· Armour protection of military vehicles.
· Applications of additive manufacturing in military logistics.
· The use of tactical drones for strike missions and technologies of countering them.