22.07.2024.
Minister Gašić visits Serbian Defence Industry factories in Kragujevac
Today, Minister of Defence Bratislav Gašić visited two companies based in Kragujevac - Zastava Arms JSC and Zastava TERVO Ltd.
Minister Gašić first met with company directors, Saša Milošević and Stefan Đurić, and then a meeting with expanded management of both companies and representatives of the trade union was held, where the minister was presented with the companies’ operations and plans for the upcoming period, and matters of importance to the employees were discussed.After the meetings, the minister of defence took a tour of Zastava Arms’ facilities for the production of guns and machine guns and assembly of small arms, as well as the Quality Control unit. At the Zastava TERVO Company, he visited the research and development sector, facilities for the production and technological processing of metals and the assembly and finishing facility.
During the tour of the two companies, Minister Gašić was presented with the newly developed serial production of a new family of modular small arms, as well as with off-road and combat vehicles produced for the Serbian Armed Forces’ needs.
According to Minister Gašić, Zastava Arms is a company that has been maintaining the tradition of manufacturing arms for more than 170 years and that produces a wide range of products for military use, and Zastava TERVO is the youngest company in the Serbian Defence Industry, which was founded with the aim of manufacturing modern combat and non-combat vehicles, primarily for the needs of the Serbian Armed Forces.- The Serbian Defence Industry achieves great results within the sphere of the development and production of modern weapons and combat and non-combat vehicles, and the development of new systems is imperative and greatly contributes to the defence capabilities of our country. The Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces continue to strengthen their capabilities, relying on the Serbian Defence Industry factories, with Zastava Arms and Zastava TERVO playing an important part in this process – said Minister Gašić. This is corroborated, he added, by the Serbian Government’s new investment cycle intended for the enhancement of production capacities and development of new technologies for manufacturing modern weapons and equipment for the Serbian Armed Forces.
Minister Gašić is convinced that Zastava Arms and Zastava TERVO will maintain a high product quality, because he said, we know that only a strong military can be a guarantor of security for all citizens of Serbia and a deterrent against all those who pose a threat to our security.On his tour today, Minister Gašić was accompanied by Assistant Minister for Material Resources Nenad Miloradović, Head of Office of the Minister of Defence Brigadier General Goran Momčilović and the Head of the Defence Technologies Department, Material Resources Sector, Brigadier General Slavko Rakić.
