{"id":218856,"date":"2026-09-20T18:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=218856"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:54:06","slug":"birn-investigation-reveals-vucic-opens-drone-factory-netanyahus-lawyer-appointed-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/birn-investigation-reveals-vucic-opens-drone-factory-netanyahus-lawyer-appointed-director\/","title":{"rendered":"BIRN INVESTIGATION REVEALS: Vu\u010di\u0107 opens drone factory, Netanyahu\u2019s lawyer appointed director!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In cooperation with Israeli company Elbit Systems, Serbia has opened a<\/em><\/strong> drone assembly factory<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in the Maki\u0161 neighborhood of Belgrade, while prominent Israeli lawyer Zion Amir, who also represents Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been appointed as one of its directors, BIRN reveals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107<\/a>, after several months of postponed deadlines, opened the Israeli military company Elbit Systems\u2019 drone assembly factory on Wednesday, September 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vucic opened the factory together with Israeli Ambassador Avivit Bar-Ilan without the presence of journalists. Only footage was published on social media, due, as the Serbian president said, to the confidentiality of the production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are proud to have attended this important event marking the opening of a new facility in Serbia and cooperation between Serbia\u2019s local defense industry and Elbit Systems,\u201d the Israeli Embassy posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although cooperation with Elbit Systems, which BIRN had previously reported on, has now been confirmed, the company whose premises will house the production is called SDS Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIRN\u2019s investigation shows that the drone assembly facility is located in Belgrade\u2019s Maki\u0161 neighborhood, while the owner of SDS Technologies is the London-based company CUPA Limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name SDS Technologies appeared in Serbia\u2019s business registry several hours after the facility was opened, but not as a newly established company. Instead, it was the new name of CUPA Enterprises, a company registered last year for \u201csatellite telecommunications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s earlier announcements that Serbia and Israel would share ownership equally, the current ownership structure of SDS Technologies does not reflect this. SDS is owned by the London-based company CUPA Limited, which is majority-owned by Greek citizen Atanasios Ramos, who is unknown to the wider public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the day the factory was opened, SDS Technologies appointed two new directors. One of them is Zion Amir, a prominent Israeli lawyer who also represents Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the Supreme Court of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is Zion Amir?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During his career, Amir has represented numerous prominent clients, and since 2025 he has also represented Netanyahu<\/a> personally, as well as the Israeli government before the Supreme Court in five petitions against the government\u2019s decision to dismiss Ronen Bar, the former director of Shin Bet, Israel\u2019s internal security service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the newspaper Haaretz<\/em>, before the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, Ronen Bar warned Netanyahu about a potential attack during a phone call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel\u2019s state prosecutor also argued that Netanyahu\u2019s dismissal of Bar was illegal, stating that the Israeli prime minister was in a conflict of interest because Shin Bet was investigating the \u201cQatargate\u201d affair, in which Netanyahu\u2019s associates were suspected of involvement in paid promotion of Qatar\u2019s interests in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Netanyahu\u2019s associates under investigation is also Srulik Einhorn, a propaganda adviser to Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, about whom BIRN previously reported together with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that Zion Amir is a criminal lawyer, the reason for his appointment at SDS Technologies is unclear, BIRN reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the opening of the drone factory in Maki\u0161, the Serbian president said that three more factories were planned, near several airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIRN previously reported, based on documentation reviewed by its journalists, that Serbia and Elbit had planned to open a drone factory in \u0160imanovci, in premises owned by \u017deljko Mitrovi\u0107. Mitrovi\u0107 denied this, while BIRN says this suggests that the factory\u2019s location was under consideration for a long time and that plans changed during the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIRN journalists visited the Maki\u0161 facility several months ago, based on information from two independent sources, but at the time they did not have evidence confirming that a drone assembly facility would be opened at that particular location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The factory is located among numerous commercial warehouses, and there was nothing on the outside to indicate that a security-sensitive technological process was taking place there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name SDS Technologies was displayed at the gate to the property, although at the time it was not possible to find a company under that name in the business registry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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