Visit to Weapons and Military Equipment Test Centre
The Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, General Milan Mojsilović, visited the Nikinci Weapons and Military Equipment Test Centre, today.
He also checked the quality acceptance process for Lazar 3M armoured vehicles that will soon come into service in the Serbian Armed Forces units. These vehicles are armed with a 30 mm remote-controlled combat module designed to engage enemy personnel, firearms, unarmoured and lightly armoured equipment, as well as to observe the environment, perform reconnaissance and identify targets, which makes their combat ability greater compared to similar SAF vehicles.
Soldaten der serbischen 72. Brigade für Spezialoperationen haben vom 19. bis zum 28. Juli mit Einheiten der chinesischen Volksbefreiungsarmee in der Provinz Hebei trainiert:
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Serbia revealed as EU country behind $1.64b weapons deal with Israel’s Elbit
Hebrew media report that Serbia is the European country behind a $1.64 billion deal inked with Israeli defense giant Elbit Systems.
Elbit last week announced the deal for the supply of its long-range precision strike artillery-rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicles, but did not name the customer.
This morning, we announced we were awarded a contract worth $1.625 billion to deliver a range of defense solutions to a European country over the next 5-years. Under the contract, Elbit will deliver a variety of its products and solutions including a comprehensive military digitization and Network Combat Solution, as well as the Torch-X C4ISR suite of
command-and-control applications, Advanced rocket capabilities and PULS™ launchers, a range of unmanned aerial systems such as the Hermes 900 UAV, Skylark 3, loitering munitions, and the LANIUS soldier-level tactical drones among other. The contract also includes a range of ISTAR capabilities, including electronic warfare and SIGINT systems.
The Serbian Armed Forces displayed its latest equipment during a major parade in Belgrade on 20 September, with the most significant new acquisitions coming from Israel and Russia.
The ‘Strength of Unity' parade was the first such event since 2014 and, unlike its predecessor, did not mark a significant anniversary. It was also far larger, with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) saying it involved around 10,000 personnel, 600 vehicles, 70 aircraft, and 20 riverine vessels.
The new Israeli equipment included an Elbit Systems Hermes 900 long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was displayed on a transporter without its wings and a single Elbit PULS multiple artillery rocket/missile launcher.
The commentator for the television coverage of the parade said the Hermes 900 was in service with the 353rd Reconnaissance Squadron, which operates the Serbian Air Force's smaller UAVs.
The PULS was fitted with one pod containing four munitions and another with two munitions, indicating Serbia has acquired Elbit's 306 mm EXTRA and 370 mm Predator Hawk missiles.
Serbia was presumed to have ordered both types since President Aleksandar Vučić announced on 19 November 2024 that contracts had been signed for the “most powerful rocket artillery systems [and] perhaps some of the best drone systems in the world that should reach us as early as 2025.”
A day earlier Elbit announced that it had signed contracts worth USD335 million with an undisclosed European country covering the PULS with munitions and Hermes 900 with advanced payloads. It said deliveries would be completed three and a half years from then.
