18.04.2013.
Press Conference on the Occasion of the Upcoming Fair "Partner 2013"
At the Belgrade Fair today a press conference was organised concerning the upcoming fair of arms and military equipment "Partner 2013" which is to be held from 25 to 28 June. Sponsor of the event is the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, the co-organizer is "Yugoimport - SDPR", and the executive organizer is the Belgrade Fair.The speakers at the gathering were Assistant Minister for Material Resources Jasminka Todorov, Chief of the Defence Technology Department of Material Resources Sector of the Ministry of Defence, Brigadier General Bojan Zrnic, PhD, Assistant General Director of "YUGOIMPORT - SDPR" Nenad Miloradovic, PhD, and, on behalf of the Belgrade Fair, Mirjana Lukic .
On this occasion, the Assistant Minister of Defence said that "Partner 2013" will be the point for meeting of important scientific and research institutions and companies in the field of defence technologies, but also an opportunity for foreign and domestic producers of arms and military equipment to lay the foundation of a successful business-technical cooperation or to improve the existing one.
- Defence Industry of the Republic of Serbia is a vital part of our economy since it used to achieve significant results even in the years of crisis, not only for our economy but also the world. We are planning to maintain our growth trend and I am sure that this event will enable new business contacts and create new opportunities for business cooperation - Jasminka Todorov said.
She said that the Serbian Government and relevant ministries have taken active measures to support the defence industry in developing its competitiveness and securing new markets.
Brigadier General Zrnic announced that the development resources, funded by the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Army Forces will be presented at the Fair. Thus, a version of the modular rocket launcher system, labelled as the Morava project complemented with logistics vehicle will be shown. An integral part of that system is the improved 128 mm rocket Oganj (Fire). A new 30 mm automatic cannon and upgraded "Bumblebee" missile system with a new guiding and launching device will be shown for the first time.From the reconnaissance and sensor systems, the system for acoustic reconnaissance and localisation of opponent's artillery systems – a project known as "Hemera" and wideband HF scope radio direction finder will be also shown for the first time. Mobile integrated platform MIP 11 has also been improved, and the complete system of "Sparrow" and "Pegasus" UAVs will be also shown.
A special segment will be related to the command and information systems and the hardware platform for their development and implementation – project of integrated communication systems. In addition, the off-road vehicles from joint development project of MTI and the FAP factory from Priboj and a new off-road vehicle from the production programme of "Zastava kamioni" (Zastava Trucks).
Nenad Miloradovic, PhD, made a presentation of Yugoimport. He said that Yugoimport will appear also this year as an integrator of performance of our defence industry to exhibit a wide range of their products. Also, the exhibition space of Yugoimport will be enriched with 15 complex combat systems from their development and production programme.
This year's event "PARTNER 2013" will be held in Halls 1 and 4 of the Belgrade Fair. Hall 1 will be dedicated to the Serbian defence industry, and Hall 4 is reserved for foreign exhibitors.
