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Military Technical Institute
TypeR&D
IndustryDefence and aerospace
Founded3 November 1948; 77 years ago (1948-11-03)
HeadquartersBelgrade, Serbia,
ProductsWeapons
Missiles
Vehicles
Aircraft
Weapon upgrades
Number of employees
~500 (est.)
ParentMinistry of Defence
Websitewww.vti.mod.gov.rs

The Military Technical Institute (Serbian: Војнотехнички институт, romanized: Vojnotehnički institut; abbr. VTI) is a Serbian military scientific research institution, governed by the Ministry of Defence, which engages in research and development (R&D) for the production of new weapons systems, as well as the modernization of legacy military equipment, for both branches of the Serbian Armed Forces—the Serbian Army and the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence.

The institute has 22 laboratories, and is situated on 212 acres (86 hectares), with 177,000 square meters of laboratories and office space, mostly in the Belgrade neighborhood of Žarkovo.

History

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Given the situation after World War II, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia had a need to independently develop military technology and reduce its dependence on foreign suppliers. By a decision of the Secretary of Defense and a proclamation by Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, VTI was founded in 1948 as the Military Technical Institute of the Land Forces (Serbian: Vojnotehnički institut Kopnene vojske; abbr. VTIkov) in Belgrade.

In 1973, VTI was integrated with several smaller military research and development institutes. By 1992, it incorporated the dissolved Aeronautical Technical Institute in Žarkovo, and minor parts (located in Serbia) of the Nautical Institute (Serbian: Brodarski institut) from Zagreb, supposedly as an effort to reduce developing cost and maintenance. Since then, the institute has changed its name several times, reflecting the political changes in the country, the first of these being "Technical Institute of the Yugoslav Armed Forces".

Projects

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The institute works closely with the Serbian Armed Forces (including its Technical Testing Center) and Yugoimport SDPR in designing and testing new weapons systems.[1]

VTI, together with its various predecessor institutes, has developed more than 1,300 weapons systems, not all of which have entered service. The following list includes weapons and systems of other companies in which VTI was partly involved in some stage of development, and those systems are listed with references. VTI was in charge of domestically-produced weapons systems under license, and the modification and modernization of such weapons with the introduction of new technologies and making new materials and tools for production. There are several new weapons developed from licensed products that surpass the originals in performance. One such example is the T-72, which was license-produced as the M-84.

Aircraft

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Utva Lasta 95

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Pegaz combat drone

Unmanned Ground Vehicles

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Mali Miloš

Armoured Vehicles

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Tanks

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M-84AS1 tank
  • M-84 and A/AB/ABN/ABK/AS/AS1/AS2/AS3 variants (1985–present)
    • M-84A – upgraded version similar to the Soviet T-72M1 but with a significantly more powerful engine and additional armour plating
    • M-84AB – Kuwaiti version of M-84A
    • M-84AB – M-84AB fitted with land navigation equipment
    • M-84ABK Command Tank – M-84AB version fitted with extensive communication equipment, land navigation equipment, and a generator for the command role
    • M-84AI armored recovery vehicle (Yugoslavia and Poland) – During the mid-1990s Kuwait requested an armored recovery vehicle variant of the M-84A tank as part of the deal to buy a large batch of M-84A tanks.
    • M-84AS – upgrade package of the M-84A
    • AS1/AS2/AS3 – additional armor added, including explosive reactive armor, integrated day-night sighting system with thermal imager, command information system, a soft-kill active protection system, new radio system, remote-controlled weapons station with 12.7mm machine gun, and CBRN protection equipment

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

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  • BVP M-80 (1979–present)
    • M-80A – improved version with 320 hp engine, full production
    • M-80A1 or SPAT 30/2 – improved version with a dual 30mm gun system called "Foka". Prototype only.
    • M-80A/98 – further improvements of M-80A1 with new "Vidra" turret
    • M-80A KC – company commander's vehicle
    • M-80A KB – battalion commander's vehicle
    • M-80A VK - turretless commander's vehicle
    • M-80A Sn – medical, no turret. Single oblong hatch in the roof and single rear door. Carries 4 stretcher patients or 8 seated patients.
    • M-80A LT – tank destroyer with six AT-3 launchers
    • Sava M-90 – SA-13 SAM version, designated Strela-10MJ
    • MOS – self-propelled mine layer
    • M-80AK/M-98A – new gun turret with 30 mm M86 cannon or 30 mm dual feed M89 cannon
    • M-80AB1 – advanced armour, turret gun control equipment, optronics package, smoke grenade launchers and the ability to mount and launch the upgraded 9M14 Malyutka missile variants
Armoured Personnel Carriers
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  • OT M-60 (1962-1979)
  • BOV 4 x 4 (1980–present)
    • BOV VP
    • BOV M11
    • BOV M15
    • BOV APC
    • BOV KIV
Reconnaissance Vehicles
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Air Defence Vehicles

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  • BOV 3
  • BOV 30
  • BOV AX Hybrid
Engineering Vehicles
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Artillery

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Nora B-52 self-propelled howitzer
LRSVM Morava multiple rocket launcher

Field artillery

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Self-propelled artillery

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Multiple rocket launcher

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Mortars

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Anti-tank Weapons

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Anti-Aircraft Weapons

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  • Sava M-90
  • SPAT 30/2
  • BOV-3
  • BOV-30
  • Strela 2M2J
  • Sava
  • Strela-10M

Mines and Mine layers

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  • Self-Propelled Minelayer MOS
  • TMA–4
  • TMRP–6

Military trucks

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Turrets, cupolas and RCWS[clarification needed]

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  • M91
  • M86
  • M86/06
  • M10 RCWS
  • 12,7mm RCWS
  • M20 RCWS

Missiles

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Unguided missiles

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  • M-77
  • Plamen A
  • Plamen D

Air-to-surface missile

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  • Grom A
  • Grom B
  • LVBF-250

Surface to surface missiles

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Projectiles and large calibers ammunition

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  • 105mm HE ER-BB M02
  • 105 mm HE ER
  • 125mm APFSDS–T M88
  • 155mm HEERFB–BB M03

Rifles, guns, sub-machine guns and snipers

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Radars

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Electronics, optoelectronic stations, fuzes, homing heads, sensors, etc

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MIP 11, tv homing heads for guided missiles, laser homing heads for guided missiles, system for acoustic source localization - HEMERA, inertial guidance systems for missiles, explosive reactive armour M99, battery command and control system for Nora B-52, M07G mortar ballistic computer, tank engine protection from wrong start-up, system for automatic control and jamming of mobile telephony, radio jammers against remotely controlled improvised explosive devices, software packages for command and control of air defense assets from the command and control centers, MOMS surveillance-sighting system.[11][12][8]

Upgrades modernization and modifications

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Neva-M1T, SA-341, upgraded howitzer 105 mm M56/33, upgraded howitzer 105mm M101/33, upgraded BTR-50, modernization programs for the T-55 and T-72 family of tanks.

Specialized laboratories

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  • Aerodynamics
  • Spatial Forms and Lengths Measuring
  • Experimental Modal Analysis, Vibration and Balancing Analysis
  • Experimental Strength
  • Experimental Ballistics
  • Testing of Solid Propellant Rocket Motors
  • Power-Generating Materials
  • Servo-Systems
  • Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Simulation and Telemetry
  • Electro-Inertial Sensors
  • NBC Protection
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Radio-Relay Systems and Multiplex Equipment
  • Micrography
  • Optoelectronics
  • Guidance and Control
  • Electric Power Devices

Fairs and scientific-technical gatherings

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Military Technical Institute regularly exhibits at Partner and IDEX military fairs as well as organizing OTEX scientific-technical gathering.

Technical cooperation

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Military Technical Institute cooperates with following overhaul institutes:

  • Technical Overhaul Institute "Čačak" (Tehnički remontni zavod "Čačak")
  • Technical Overhaul Institute "Đurđe Dimitrijević-Đura" (Tehnički remontni zavod "Đurđe Dimitrijević-Đura")
  • Aeronautical Overhaul Institute "Moma Stanojlović" (Vazduhoplovni tehnički zavod "Moma Stanojlović")

Documentary and publishing activity

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Making of technical documentation, films and books represents an important part of VTI as publisher, it represents institute output and quantifier of more than sixty years involvement in R&D missions. The institute possesses technical documentation for over 1300 items of weaponry and defense equipment developed through institute history that are introduced in service in the armed forces. This documentation being intellectual property of MoD, it has an outstanding value and use for future projects.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  2. ^ "Robot "miloš" srpski vojnik budućnosti (FOTO)". www.novosti.rs. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Self-Propelled Howitzer 122mm "SORA"". Војнотехнички институт (in Serbian).
  4. ^ www.vti.mod.gov.rs http://www.vti.mod.gov.rs/index.php?view=actuality&type=projects&category=1&id=75. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Mounir Kaddouri (28 October 2012). "NIMR 107mm Multi Rocket Launcher System". Retrieved 16 July 2018 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Haider, Haseeb. "First MLRS unit delivered". www.khaleejtimes.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  7. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-9ubouHzkc - testing of Bumble Bee in wind tunnel of MTI
  8. ^ a b "Новости" [News] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  9. ^ "ИМП Рачунарски системи".
  10. ^ "Partner 2015: Program modernizacije radara Instituta "Mihajlo Pupin" - Tango Six". 29 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. ^ www.vti.mod.gov.rs http://www.vti.mod.gov.rs/index.php?view=actuality&type=projects&category=1&id=76. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ www.vti.mod.gov.rs http://www.vti.mod.gov.rs/index.php?view=actuality&type=projects&category=1&id=73. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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