Technical Testing Center () is

acceptance testing In engineering and its various subdisciplines, acceptance testing is a test conducted to determine if the requirements of a specification or contract are met. It may involve chemical tests, physical tests, or performance tests. In systems ...

facility that provides testing of new and existing military aircraft, military vehicles, military equipment, battle systems, civilian products for

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and is subordinated to the

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History

Technical Testing Center was founded by Yugoslav Federal Defence Secretariat on 22 March 1973 by uniting and transforming 7 military technical institutes of

Yugoslav Ground Forces The Yugoslav Ground Forces ( – KoV, sh-Cyrl, Копнена Војска – КоВ) was the ground forces branch of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) from 1 March 1945 until 20 May 1992 when the last remaining remnants were merged into the ...

. In 2006 due to rationalization it was merged with Air Force Testing Center and Navy Testing Center into a single institution.

Missions

Technical Testing Center primary mission include

quality control Quality control (QC) is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines quality control as "a part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements". This approach plac ...

of military equipment as well as

metrological Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of units, crucial in linking human activities. Modern metrology has its roots in the French Revolution's political motivation to standardise units in Fr ...

securing of the defense system. It is obligated to research maximum weapons capabilities and to demonstrate possibilities of different usage and usage in extreme circumstances. Center employs more than 150 engineers as well as highly-skilled pilots and drivers who are in charge of driving or flying prototypes tested. It has 25 laboratories and 2 testing polygons with about 2,000 measuring devices. It has more than 350 developed methods for testings and it is involved in making of more than 700 defense standards. Some of 7,000 tests conducted by the Center include: *

Soko J-22 Orao The Soko J-22 Orao ( sr-cyr, text=Oрао, translation=eagle) is a Yugoslavian/ Serbian twin-engined, subsonic ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed and built in collaboration by SOKO in Yugoslavia and by Avioa ...

attack aircraft (breaking sound barrier for first time in his history was done by center's pilot) *

Soko G-4 Super Galeb The Soko G-4 Super Galeb (from ), also referred to as N-62, is a Yugoslav single-engine, advanced jet trainer and light ground-attack aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Technical Institute at Žarkovo and manufactured by the SOKO aircraft f ...

light attack and jet trainer aircraft * Utva Lasta 95 trainer aircraft *

Nora B-52 The Nora B-52 is a 155 mm self-propelled artillery, self-propelled howitzer developed by Military Technical Institute and manufactured by Yugoimport SDPR in Velika Plana, Serbia. History The first self-propelled Nora B (developed on the basis of ...

self-propelled artillery system * Lazar armored personnel carrier *

FAP 2026 FAP 2026 is a general purpose off-road lorry made by Serbian vehicle manufacturer Fabrika automobila Priboj (FAP). The six-wheel drive lorry is designed for transport of personnel, weapons and material up to of total weight, as for traction o ...

off-road truck * Zastava NTV off-road vehicle *RADIAC SET AN/PDR 77 device for detection and measuring of nuclear radiation and radiation reconnaissance *

SPP-1 underwater pistol The SPP-1 underwater pistol was made in the Soviet Union for use by Soviet frogmen as an underwater firearm.Popenker, Max R.SPP-1 underwater pistol ", '' world.guns.ru'', Retrieved 2010-04-05 It was developed in the late 1960s and accepted for ...

new model M * ASM-DT amphibious rifle

Structure

Center consists of 5 departments and 3 testing centers: *Weapons department *Electronics department *Vehicle and River Flotilla Equipment department *Air Force Equipment department *Metrology department *Center for flight tests (

Batajnica Air Base The Colonel-pilot Milenko Pavlović Air Base (), commonly known as Batajnica Air Base () is the main military air base of Serbia. It is located between Batajnica and Nova Pazova, about 25 km northwest from the center of Belgrade, Serbia. Histo ...

) *Center for testing weapons and equipment (

Nikinci Nikinci () is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,216 people (2002 census). Name In Serbian the village is k ...

) *Center for examination of products

Testing Accidents

Since testing of new weaponry is always high risk mission there were accident during test procured by the Center with some of them having fatalities. During tests there are explosions, flights with new, never before tested and crewed aircraft types, dangerous tasks like testing new tanks passing rivers by diving, firing of new missile and many more risks. Some notable accidents include: *While testing of new weapons systems on

with serial number 23634 at

airport on 24 June 1987 pilot-captain Milan Pavlović died in crash and aircraft was destroyed *While manoeuvering on

(serial number 23736) at Batajnica Air Base on 24 September 2008, pilot-colonel Ištvan Kanaš died in a crash and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair *While testing new subsystems on

Mig 21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: "''Balalaika''", because its planf ...

bis (serial number 17135) in 1991 the plane was destroyed, the pilot ejected and was not injured

External links

*Video by

Ministry of Defence (Serbia) The Ministry of Defence of Serbia, Republic of Serbia () is the Ministry (government department), ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of defending the Republic of Serbia from internal and external military threats. The curr ...

department for public relations specialized military establishment Media Center "Odbrana" about TTC with presentation of their history and today work published for partying TTC military institute day of foundation * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ3yPN-PrXs *Video about being test flight pilot. At 1.50 minutes you will see

flying only 6 meters above ground. TTC pilots are considered best and elite in Serbia and all are chosen from Serbian Air Force for the difficult task of testing airplanes. Pilots from TTC are flying in many airshows representing TTC and Serbian Defense Ministry around the world. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t74A7tjfdg *Video of

flying only few meter above ground * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4twcfUeJT8 *This two videos are about "Flying star" acrobatic group of TTC pilots with special modified

planes recorded in June 1998 before 1999 when planes were destroyed in bombardment. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMROG8V2s0k * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAKL90DnRU#! *Video of testing

Lasta 95 The Utva Lasta 95 (from , and , lit. 'swallow') is a light military trainer aircraft produced by Utva Aviation Industry, subsidiary of Yugoimport SDPR. It is a tandem two-seater low-wing trainer with a metal airframe. The aircraft is capable of b ...

by TTC pilot and TTC experts in the ground station monitoring parameters of plane in test * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzciNdUgws *New military car developed by VTI - Military Technical Institute Belgrade and Zastava tested by TTC driver * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwlJrGNDRo

References

{{reflist Ministry of Defence (Serbia) Defense industry of Serbia