BATAJNICA AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY PLANT, YUGOSLAVIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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Imagery analysis report
Batajnica Aircraft Assembly Plant,
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BATAJNICA AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY PLANT IN YUGOSLAVIA
1. ~ This is the initial NPIC report on the Batajnica Aircraft Assembly Plant, the 25X1
second largest aircraft-related plant in Yugoslavia. The plant comprises 31 significant buildings
and structures with a total floorspace of 43,447 square meters. A location map, three annotated
photographs, eight small-format photographs, and two tables are included in this report. The
cutoff date for information used in this report is 31 December 1979 and the date of the latest
INTRODUCTION
2. Batajnica Aircraft Assembly Plant is situated on level terrain 12 25X1
nautical miles northwest of Beograd (Belgrade) on the southeast edge of Batajnica Airfield 0 ?r-,Y1
at 44-55-50N 020-15-30E (Figure 1). Batajnica Airfield serves as the test and flyaway 25X1
field for the plant. Unlimited expansion is possible to the east.
History
3. Initial indications of the impending construction of the Batajnica Aircraft Assem- 25X1
bly Plant were observed at Batajnica Airfield Construction progressed at a rapid 25X1
pace until By that time, the plant consisted of 16 major buildings with a total 25X1
floorspace of approximately 25,000 square meters,' including all of the components necessary to
begin the assembly of aircraft and the production of aircraft components. 25X1
construction continued slowly on the remaining 15 buildings/structures currently at the plant.
4. ~ Batajnica Aircraft Assembly Plant (Figure 2 and Table 1) occupies an area of 49.1 25X1
hectares and is secured by a link fence. Access to the plant is restricted to four vehicle/pedestrian
and two aircraft (taxiway) entrances. The plant comprises 31 significant buildings and structures
with a total floorspace of 43,447 square meters of usable floorspace. These buildings and struc-
tures consist of an administration building (item 26), an administration/engineering building (item
8), a final assembly building (item 13), four subassembly buildings (items 5, 6, 15, and 22), a paint
hangar (item 16), five shop buildings (items 10, 12, and 23 through 25), a steam/heatplant (item 4)
with an associated POL facility (items I through 3), a compressor building (item 9), a security
building (item 14), a pumphouse (item 20), a vehicle maintenance building (item 21), a bus termi-
nal/cafeteria (item 28), a laundry (item 27), and eight storage buildings (items 7, 11, 17 through 19,
and 29 through 31). An associated employee parking lot (Figure 2) is adjacent to and outside the
southwest fenceline. Employee access to the plant from the parking lot is through the security
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building (item 14). An associated open-air engine test area (Figure 2) is in the northeast corner of
the plant. It consists of a small circular hardstand with a locking mechanism for a portable engine
test stand.
5. ~ A functional breakdown of the plant floorspace present
presented in the following table.
Floorspace Percen
(sq m) Floorsp
tage of Total
ace
Production
26,462
60.9
Administra
tion/engineering 5,105
11.8
Production
support 8,563
19.7
General su
pport 3,317
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Aircraft Assembly Activity
identification of aircraft assembly activity at the plant was made
when two Soviet-produced KA-25 (HORMONE) and six HOR-
MONE aircraft fuselage shipping containers were observed. All eight HORMONE aircraft had
departed the plant and no further evidence of HORMONE assembly has been
observed.
The first indication of the assembly of indigenously produced aircraft at the plant
when two UTVA-60/66 aircraft were observed (Table 2). Both the UTVA-60
y. Since both the
UTVA-60 and UTVA-66 are major products of the UTVA aircraft factory at Pancevo' (Pancevo
Airframe Plant it seems likely that the UTVA-60/66 observed at Batajnica were
being assembled rather than produced there. The UTVA-60 (Figure 3) is produced in five versions-u-
tility/airtaxi (U-60-ATI), trainer (U-60-AT2), agricultural (U-60-AG), ambulance (U-60-AM), and flo-
atplane (U-60H). All versions except the U-60H are capable of carrying underwing rocket pods, and all
versions are equipped with a 270-horse power (hp) Lycoming GO-480-131A6 engine.' The UTVA-66
(Figure 4) is a follow-on to the UTVA-60 with an upgraded engine, the Lycoming GO-480-BIJ6, and is
produced in three versions-utility/glider towing (UTVA-66), ambulance (UTVA-66-AM), and float-
plane (UTVA-66H).' Sightings of UTVA-60/66 at the plant indicate that one or
both of these aircraft are still being assembled in limited numbers, probably one or two per month.
8. = A second aircraft assembled at Batajnica is the indigenous GALEB/JASTREB
(Table 2). The three production models have not been identified individually at the plant and are
collectively designated GALEB/JASTREB in this report. All three variants-the SOKO G2-A
GALEB, the SOKO J-1 JASTREB, and the SOKO TJ-1 JASTREB trainer-are major products of
the SOKO Aircraft Plant at Mostar' (Mostar Airframe Plant SOKO, and it is
likely that the GALEB/JASTREB observed at Batajnica are assembly rather than production
items. Both the G2-A GALEB (Figure 5) and its export twin, the G-2A-E, are two-seat basic
trainers equipped with the Rolls-Royce Viper II (MK 22-6) turbojet engine. Both have a secondary
ground-attack capability and can carry rocket pods, bombs, or cluster bombs.' The J-1 JASTREB
(Figure 6) is a single-seat, light-attack version of the GALEB equipped with the Rolls-Royce Viper
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531 turbojet engine, three 0.5-inch Colt-Browning nose machine guns, and underwing attachment
points for 250-kilogram bombs, cluster bombs, napalm tanks, rocket pods, or photo flares. Three
versions of the basic J-I JASTREB are the export version (J-1-E); a reconnaissance version (RJ-I);
and its export twin, the RJ-1-E. The TJ-l JASTREB trainer (Figure 7) is a two-seat version of the
basic J-I JASTREB.3
A third aircraft assembled at Batajnica is the SA-341 GAZELLE (Table 2), which
is produced under French license. The first GAZELLE assembly activity was observed at Batajnica
Limited observations since that time suggest that only a small number of
GAZELLE are being assembled at the plant. The majority of the GAZELLE produced in Yugosla-
via are produced at Mostar Airframe Plant. The SA-341 GAZELLE (Figure 8) is a five-seat, light-
utility helicopter powered by a Turbomeca Astazou ILIA turboshaft engine. Armament options
include rocket pods, wire-guided missiles, machine guns, flares, and smoke markers.'
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Prototype Testing
10. At least two aircraft have been prototype tested at Batajnica Airfield, the Ilaawav
field for the plant. The first was the jointly developed Yugoslav -Romanian JUROM (0RAO(. A
JUROM ssas first observed at the plant during the early stages of
the JUROM program. A second JUROM as subsequently sighted Although
numerous production problems have plagued the JUROM program since its inception. preseries
production could begin, probably at Mostar Airframe Plant, by mid-to-late 1980.' The JURONI
(Figure 9) is a single-seat, light, multifunction combat aircraft possered by a Rolls-Royce Viper
632 engine. These engines will be produced in-country under British license at Sarajevo Aircraft
Engine Plant
II. 0 The second prototype aircraft tested at Batajnica was the UTVA-75 which was
sighted at the plant The UTVA-75 (Figure 10) is a side-bv-side, two-
seat, single-engine monoplane used for training, glider towing, and utility. It is powered by a 180-
hp Lycoming 10.360-BIF engine and is capable of carrying bombs or underwing rocket pods.'
Limited production of this aircraft began in mid-19773 at Pancevo Airframe Plant.
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Aircraft Repair
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a major plant function since early 1975. Photographic observations (Table 2) of Soviet L1-2 (CAB)
and MI-8 (HIP), as well as indigenous SOKO KRAGUJ and CIJAN KURIR aircraft, indicate
that all of these have been repaired at the plant. Since earls 1979, however, only HIP helicopters
have been repaired at the plant. The observation of a Sudanese-marked C-130 at Batajnica Airfield
(Figure 11) and the presence of camouflage-painted HIP C helicopters at the plant (Figure 12)
indicates that Sudanese HIP C have been repaired at the plant since at least May 1979, Collateral
information reveals that the Sudanese have reached an agreement with Yugoslavia for the over-
haul and maintenance of the Sudan inventory of HIP C.6 Si\ other aircraft have been observed in
limited numbers (Figure 2) suggesting that repair of a variety of aircraft may be possible at the
plant. These aircraft include Soviet-produced AN-12 (CUB), YAK-40 (CODLING), AN-2
(COLT), and MI-2 (HOPLITE): the Czech Z-326 Trener Master: and the indigenous Aero-3.
Hossever, the limited amount of plant coverage precludes confirmation of the repair of these
aircraft.
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FIGURE 7. COCKPIT SECTION OF TJ-1 JASTREB
TRAINER AIRCRAFT
FIGURE 9. JUROM (ORAO) AIRCRAFT WITH YUGOSLAV MARKINGS
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Table 2.
Aircraft Sightings and Plant Activity at Batajnica Aircraft Assembly Plant Since June 1975
GALEB/ UTVA
JASTREB 60/66
SOKO
KRAGUJ
CIJAN HIP-C
KURIR
'Complete Coverages
At Batajnica Airfield
`"'Fuselages
Aero- HOP-
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