Director of “Teleoptik Gyroscopes”: The “Komarac-1” suicide drone is a product of the defense industry of the Republic of Serbia
For the sake of truthful information to the public, and regarding allegations published in certain media outlets, the Acting General Director of “Teleoptik Gyroscopes” Zoran Jarić pointed out that the “kamikaze” drones used by the Serbian Armed Forces are produced in companies of the Serbian Defense Industry.
– The “Komarac-1” suicide drone is a product of our defense industry of the Republic of Serbia. At the top of the technological pyramid in the production of this drone is the Military Technical Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia, while the other components were produced by defense industry factories – the warhead was produced by “Krušik” in Valjevo, and the drone itself was produced by “Teleoptik Gyroscopes” in Zemun. In addition to the production of the aforementioned drone, “Teleoptik Gyroscopes” has conducted training for members of the Serbian Armed Forces in operating the aforementioned drones. The drone was tested at the Military Technical Institute, the Technical Testing Center and in the laboratories of our companies on all issues and its complete safety for use was proven, and its operational capabilities in terms of impact on the target were also proven – Jarić emphasized.
He emphasized that several live fire exercises had been conducted, and all live fire exercises so far have been very successful.
– Also, the aforementioned drones are being used in the current exercise “Vihor 2024”. Both in preparation for the exercise and during the exercise itself, we had several live fire exercises, also very successful, which on the one hand speaks to the quality of the products, and on the other hand speaks to the training of the soldiers who were trained in our factory. We intend to continue production and training until the Army is fully equipped with defined quantities of the aforementioned drones – emphasized Jarić.
Jarić also explained that “Teleoptik Gyroscopes” is a factory that deals with optoelectronic systems.
– This drone is, first and foremost, an optoelectronic system, which, in addition to the motor portion and the electrical control portion, also has a camera through which the drone operator simply sees the target all the time until the action itself, thus making this weapon very deadly, for any means, any target that it faces. The range of this drone is up to 3 km, and its total flight time can be up to 40 minutes. The warhead for this particular “Komarac-1” is about 1 kg, and several other types of warheads and other sizes of warheads are planned – concluded Zoran Jarić, Acting General Director of “Teleoptik Gyroscopes”.
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