A prototype armed version of the Vrabac (Sparrow) small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was unveiled during a display of domestic defence equipment held by the Serbian Armed Forces at the Military Academy in Belgrade. Speaking at the event on .
SEAS 2021: Modernised Vrabac mini-UAV enters serial production
24 May 2021
by Igor Bozinovski
An upgraded version of the hand-launched Vrabac (Sparrow) mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has entered serial production in Serbia, Nenad Miloradović, the assistant minister for material resources in the Serbian Ministry of Defence (MoD), revealed during a presentation on the opening day of the online/hybrid Southeast Europe Aviation Summit (SEAS 2021) in Belgrade on 18 May.
The day-and-night-capable Vrabac is designed for reconnaissance and surveillance missions and is developed by the the MoD’s Military Technical Institute (Vojnotehnički Institut, VTI). The UAV has been extensively tested by the Serbian Armed Forces’ Technical Test Center (Tehnički Opitni Centar, TOC).