Vucic announced the opening of a joint venture with Israel to produce military drones
Serbia plans to expand production of unmanned systems and create specialized army units
Quick Look
- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic opened a joint venture with Israel to assemble military drones.
- The authorities’ plans include the creation of specialized army units and the adoption of up to 80 thousand kamikaze drones in the next two years.
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Why It Matters
Serbia is actively developing its own attack and reconnaissance UAVs, including the Komarac series and the Chinese Pegasus.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the opening of a joint venture with Israel to assemble military drones using Israeli technology.
Vucic announced in mid-April that Serbia and Israel would jointly produce UAVs, and the enterprise on Serbian territory would be owned 50% to 50% by the parties. He then announced the creation of units for managing drones and unmanned platforms in the Serbian army.
“This morning I was especially proud of Serbia and its successes. I opened a factory for assembling the most modern Israeli-made drones, which will employ about a hundred workers and produce the most modern equipment for both the Serbian army and the armies of some other countries,” Vucic wrote on Instagram*.
He also published a video in which he inspects the UAV and emphasized that the plans in this direction are “huge.”
“I am sure that together with our Israeli partners we will open at least three more factories on the territory of Serbia; due to the secrecy of the production process, I did not invite journalists to inspect them,” the Serbian President clarified.
Vucic announced in December 2025 that the Serbian authorities plan to adopt up to 80 thousand kamikaze drones, both domestically produced and imported, in two years. Serbian military-industrial complex enterprises are actively developing their own UAV strike and reconnaissance systems, some of which have already been widely adopted. Among them are FPV drones "Komarac-1", "Komarac-2" in modifications with fiber-optic cable, as well as several variants of the "Komarac-3" drone on fiber optics, as well as several models of reconnaissance and strike UAVs.
In May 2023, the Serbian army also adopted the Pegaz reconnaissance UAVs, developed using Chinese technology, which use CH-92A optics and electronics manufactured in China.
At the military parade in September 2025 in Belgrade, the Elbit Hermes 900 all-weather tactical UAV purchased in Israel and the PULS multi-caliber MLRS from the same manufacturer were demonstrated for the first time.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Opening of at least three more drone factories in Serbia.
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- Where exactly are the new production facilities located?
- Which countries will become buyers of the plant's products?
