03.11.2020.
Military Technical Institute strengthens the defence system
The Military Technical Institute celebrates its Day - 3 November - today, as well as its 72nd anniversary. Respecting all prescribed preventative measures against Covid-19, they are celebrating the holiday at work.
The Military Technical Institute does not lag behind last year in terms of functional tasks and tasks related to modernization.The director, Colonel Bojan Pavković, PhD, points out that during 2020, 10 technical means developed by the Military Technical Institute have been introduced into the materiel of the Serbian Armed Forces, and when it comes to final testing, 19 means have been handed over for final testing since the beginning of the year.
- The Ministry of Defence has continued to encourage the Military Technical Institute and the factories of the Serbian Defence Industry to increase their capacities for the development of modern weapons and military equipment. The results of that were shown in the live-fire joint tactical exercise “Joint Action 2020” carried out by the Serbian Armed Forces recently – Colonel Pavković notes.
He particularly emphasizes the fact that this year they have continued the recruitment of younger employees, and what is encouraging is that the number of new recruits has been on the rise in the last three years.
- Over the year, the total of 105 job openings have been advertised, and we expect 88 persons to be employed, 36 of whom researchers with a university degree. We have reintroduced the good old practice of providing scholarships to secondary school and university students who are studying for scarce occupations, necessary for the development of materiel. The deadline for sending in applications for 34 student scholarships for the 2020/2021 academic year was the end of October this year - 14 scholarships for master’s degree and 20 for bachelor’s degree studies - in the fields of mechanical, electrical and computer engineering. It is a way for the Military Technical Institute to significantly improve its age structure and get new energy through the recruitment of young, talented people – Colonel Pavković emphasizes.In mid-October, the Military Technical Institute successfully held an international Scientific Conference on Defence Technologies – OTEH 2020, online for the first time, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Out of a total number of 97 accepted papers, 23 papers were by foreign authors from 13 countries, while the rest of the papers were by Serbian participants.
This scientific research institution can also boast of a high ranking of its scientific journal "Scientific Technical Review", which has been published for 70 years. On that occasion, the Ministry of Defence awarded the Military Technical Institute the Golden Plaque of the Ministry of Defence this year, as a sign of recognition for the contribution to the execution of tasks within the competence of the Serbian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence.
