Military Technical Institute (Serbian: Војнотехнички институт, romanized: Vojnotehnički institut; abbr. VTI) is a Serbian weapons and aircraft design institute, headquartered in Belgrade, and governed by the Serbian Ministry of Defence. It is a top-level military scientific research institution in Serbia, dealing with research and development (R&D) of new weaponry and military equipment as well as with upgrade of the inventory for both branches of the Serbian Armed Forces: Army (including River Flotilla) and Air Force and Defence.
After the World War II, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia had a need to independently develop military technology and reduce dependence from foreign supply with given political situation of that time and future political course. By a decision of the Secretary of Defense and a proclamation by the 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, the VTI was integrated with several smaller military research and development institutes.
In 1992 it assimilated 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 1992 the institute has changed name several times, reflecting the political changes in the country, starting with Technical Institute of the Yugoslav Armed Forces.
Current name is Military Technical Institute. Neither the translation of the name to other languages nor the corresponding acronym have ever been unambiguously defined; both VTI and MTI have been used in English-language documents, against the widely accepted practice not to translate such acronymes.
Today
The institute has 22 laboratories, and it is situated on 212 acres (86 hectares), with 177,000 square meters laboratories and office space, mostly in Belgrade neighborhood of Žarkovo, on the premises of the former Aeronautical Technical Institute. The institute obtained the certificates of compliance to the SRPS ISO 9001 and SRPS ISO/IEC 17025 standards.
Military Technical Institute (with assimilated predecessor institutes) developed more than 1,300 weapons. However, not all of them entered use in the Yugoslav (later Serbian) Army. The list includes weapons and systems of other companies in which VTI was partly involved in some stage of developing and those systems are given with references. Institute was in charge for domestically produced weapons systems under licence and modification and modernization of such weapons with introducing new technologies and making new materials and tools for production. There are several new weapons developed from licences products that surpass originals in performance. Examples of licences used for domestic new weapons is a licence for tank T-72.
M-84A – An upgraded version similar to the Soviet T-72M1 but with a significantly more powerful engine and additional armour plating
M-84AB – Kuwaiti version of the M-84A
M-84AB – The 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 in service with the Serbian Army
M-84AS1 – Adds additional armor, 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
Sava M-90 – SA-13 SAM version, designated Strela-10MJ, prototype
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 most recent 9M14 Malyutka missile variants
MIP 11,[11] TV Homing Heads for Guided missiles, Laser Homing Heads for Guided missiles, System for acoustic source localization - HEMERA,[12] 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 [8]
Upgrades modernization and modifications
Neva-M1T, SA-341, Upgraded Howitzer 105 mm M56/33, Upgraded Howitzer 105mm M101/33, Programs for modernization of the T-55 family of tanks, including their Chinese derivatives, as well as of the T-72 family of tanks, Upgraded BTR-50
Specialized laboratories
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
Military Technical Institute regularly exhibits at Partner and IDEX military fairs as well as organizing OTEX scientific-technical gathering.
Technical cooperation
Military Technical Institute cooperates with following overhaul institutes:
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.
Media
Mali Miloš in action - story about development and use, presented by official Serbia RTS state defense TV channel "Dozvolite" - Little Milos - robot
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DIndustrydefence and aerospaceFounded3 November 1948 74 years ago 1948 11 03 HeadquartersBelgrade SerbiaProductsWeaponsMissilesVehiclesAircraftWeapon upgradesNumber of employees 500 est ParentSerbian Ministry of DefenceWebsitewww wbr vti wbr mod wbr gov wbr rs Contents 1 Institute history 2 Today 3 Projects 3 1 Aircraft 3 2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 3 3 Unmanned Ground Vehicles 3 4 Armoured Vehicles 3 4 1 Tanks 3 4 2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles 3 4 2 1 Armoured Personnel Carriers 3 4 2 2 Reconnaissance Vehicles 3 4 3 Air Defence Vehicles 3 4 3 1 Engineering Vehicles 3 5 Artillery 3 5 1 Field artillery 3 5 2 Self propelled artillery 3 5 3 Multiple rocket launcher 3 5 4 Mortars 3 6 Anti tank Weapons 3 7 Anti Aircraft Weapons 3 8 Mines and Mine layers 3 9 Military trucks 3 10 Turrets cupolas and RCWS clarification needed 3 11 Missiles 3 11 1 Unguided missiles 3 11 2 Air to surface missile 3 11 3 Surface to surface missiles 3 12 Projectiles and large calibers ammunition 3 13 Rifles guns sub machine guns and snipers 3 14 Radars 3 15 Electronics optoelectronic stations fuzes homing heads sensors etc 3 16 Upgrades modernization and modifications 4 Specialized laboratories 5 Fairs and scientific technical gatherings 6 Technical cooperation 7 Documentary and publishing activity 7 1 Media 8 See also 9 ReferencesInstitute history EditAfter the World War II Federal People s Republic of Yugoslavia had a need to independently develop military technology and reduce dependence from foreign supply with given political situation of that time and future political course By a decision of the Secretary of Defense and a proclamation by the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito VTI was founded in 1948 as the Military Technical Institute of the Land Forces Serbian Vojnotehnicki institut Kopnene vojske abbr VTIkov in Belgrade In 1973 the VTI was integrated with several smaller military research and development institutes In 1992 it assimilated the dissolved Aeronautical Technical Institute in Zarkovo 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 1992 the institute has changed name several times reflecting the political changes in the country starting with Technical Institute of the Yugoslav Armed Forces Current name is Military Technical Institute Neither the translation of the name to other languages nor the corresponding acronym have ever been unambiguously defined both VTI and MTI have been used in English language documents against the widely accepted practice not to translate such acronymes Today EditThe institute has 22 laboratories and it is situated on 212 acres 86 hectares with 177 000 square meters laboratories and office space mostly in Belgrade neighborhood of Zarkovo on the premises of the former Aeronautical Technical Institute The institute obtained the certificates of compliance to the SRPS ISO 9001 and SRPS ISO IEC 17025 standards Projects EditThe institute cooperates with Serbian Armed Forces including its Technical Testing Center and Yugoimport SDPR in designing and testing new weapons systems 1 Military Technical Institute with assimilated predecessor institutes developed more than 1 300 weapons However not all of them entered use in the Yugoslav later Serbian Army The list includes weapons and systems of other companies in which VTI was partly involved in some stage of developing and those systems are given with references Institute was in charge for domestically produced weapons systems under licence and modification and modernization of such weapons with introducing new technologies and making new materials and tools for production There are several new weapons developed from licences products that surpass originals in performance Examples of licences used for domestic new weapons is a licence for tank T 72 Aircraft Edit Ikarus S 49 Soko J 20 Kraguj Soko G 2 Galeb Soko J 21 Jastreb Soko J 22 Orao Soko G 4 Super Galeb UTVA 75 above mentioned developed by the Aeronautical Technical Institute Kobac Lasta 95 HN 45M Gama HN 45M Gama 2Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Edit Vrabac Pegaz 011 IBL 2000 Vrabac Mini UAV Unmanned Ground Vehicles Edit Mali Milos 2 Unarmed robot Mali Milos Armoured Vehicles Edit Tanks Edit M 84 and A AB ABN ABK AS variants 1985 present M 84A An upgraded version similar to the Soviet T 72M1 but with a significantly more powerful engine and additional armour plating M 84AB Kuwaiti version of the M 84A M 84AB The 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 in service with the Serbian Army M 84AS1 Adds additional armor 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 equipmentInfantry Fighting Vehicles Edit 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 hunter with six AT 3 launchers Sava M 90 SA 13 SAM version designated Strela 10MJ prototype 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 most recent 9M14 Malyutka missile variantsArmoured Personnel Carriers Edit OT M 60 1962 1979 BOV 4 x 4 1980 present BOV VP BOV M11 BOV M15 BOV APCReconnaissance Vehicles Edit BOV M11 KurjakAir Defence Vehicles Edit BOV 3 BOV 30 BOV AX HybridEngineering Vehicles Edit VIU 55 Munja T 55 conversion M 84AIArtillery Edit Field artillery Edit Nora M 84 M 56Self propelled artillery Edit Nora B 52 Sora 122mm 3 Multiple rocket launcher Edit LRSVM Morava 4 M 87 Orkan M 96 Orkan 2 M 77 Oganj M 63 Plamen Nimr 5 6 Mortars Edit M57 mortar Universal Mortar UB M52 M74 light mortar M75 light mortar M95 mortar Mortar 60mm M70 Mortar 60mm M95 Mortar 60 mm M06C Mortar 82mm M69AAnti tank Weapons Edit Bumbar 7 M79 Osa M80 Zolja M90 Strsljen M 80A LT POLO M 83 Malyutka 2TAnti Aircraft Weapons Edit Sava M 90 SPAT 30 2 BOV 3 BOV 30 Strela 2M2J Sava Strela 10MMines and Mine layers Edit Self Propelled Minelayer MOS TMA 4 TMRP 6Military trucks Edit FAP 1118 FAP 2026 FAP 2228 FAP 3232 FAP 3240 Zastava NTVTurrets cupolas and RCWS clarification needed Edit M91 M86 M86 06 M10 RCWS 12 7mm RCWS M20 RCWSMissiles Edit Unguided missiles Edit M 77 Plamen A Plamen DAir to surface missile Edit Grom A Grom B LVBF 250Surface to surface missiles Edit Kosava 1Projectiles and large calibers ammunition Edit 105mm HE ER BB M02 105 mm HE ER 125mm APFSDS T M88 155mm HEERFB BB M03Rifles guns sub machine guns and snipers Edit Zastava M21 Zastava M97 Zastava M97K Zastava M70Radars Edit PR15 Zirafa M 85 8 9 10 Electronics optoelectronic stations fuzes homing heads sensors etc Edit MIP 11 11 TV Homing Heads for Guided missiles Laser Homing Heads for Guided missiles System for acoustic source localization HEMERA 12 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 8 Upgrades modernization and modifications Edit Neva M1T SA 341 Upgraded Howitzer 105 mm M56 33 Upgraded Howitzer 105mm M101 33 Programs for modernization of the T 55 family of tanks including their Chinese derivatives as well as of the T 72 family of tanks Upgraded BTR 50Specialized laboratories EditAerodynamics 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 DevicesFairs and scientific technical gatherings EditMilitary Technical Institute regularly exhibits at Partner and IDEX military fairs as well as organizing OTEX scientific technical gathering Technical cooperation EditMilitary Technical Institute cooperates with following overhaul institutes Technical Overhaul Institute Cacak Serbian Tehnicki remontni zavod Cacak http www trzcacak rs en index html Technical Overhaul Institute Đurđe Dimitrijevic Đura Serbian Tehnicki remontni zavod Đurđe Dimitrijevic Đura http www trzk co rs English first htm Aeronautical Overhaul Institute Moma Stanojlovic Serbian Vazduhoplovni tehnicki zavod Moma Stanojlovic Documentary and publishing activity EditMaking 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 amp 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 Media Edit Mali Milos in action story about development and use presented by official Serbia RTS state defense TV channel Dozvolite Little Milos robotSee also EditDefense industry of SerbiaReferences Edit YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 2019 11 22 Robot milos srpski vojnik buducnosti FOTO www novosti rs Retrieved 16 July 2018 www vti mod gov rs http www vti mod gov rs index php view actuality amp type projects amp category 1 amp id 78 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help www vti mod gov rs http www vti mod gov rs index php view actuality amp type projects amp category 1 amp id 75 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Mounir Kaddouri 28 October 2012 NIMR 107mm Multi Rocket Launcher System Retrieved 16 July 2018 via YouTube Haider Haseeb First MLRS unit delivered www khaleejtimes com Retrieved 16 July 2018 https www youtube com watch v u 9ubouHzkc testing of Bumble Bee in wind tunnel of MTI a b http www vti mod gov rs index php view actuality amp type news amp id 315 IMP Racunarski sistemi Partner 2015 Program modernizacije radara Instituta Mihajlo Pupin Tango Six 29 July 2015 Retrieved 16 July 2018 www vti mod gov rs http www vti mod gov rs index php view actuality amp type projects amp category 1 amp id 76 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help www vti mod gov rs http www vti mod gov rs index php view actuality amp type projects amp category 1 amp id 73 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Military Technical Institute 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