After the war, he enrolled in the mechanical engineering faculty at the University of Zagreb, where he studied with Wernher von Braun's students, who taught as visiting professors.

In the early 1960s, he was involved in the development of a liquid fueled Yugoslav surface-to-air missile called R-25 Vulkan that could reach up to 25 kilometres (16 mi) in altitude.

The JNA had allegedly purchased six Japanese Kappa sounding rockets together with a launch pad and radar which the Yugoslav authorities intended to use as the basis for the development of domestic air defence missiles.

The SPS factory in Vitez was later able to produce smokeless solid fuel raw chemical materials supplied by ZORKA (Šabac) and Vitkovići (Goražde), which contributed to the further development of the engine of the R-262.

Vučurović enjoyed a particularly prestigious position within the hierarchy of JNA generals due to his engineering knowledge and his responsibility for the serial production of multiple weapons systems by the Yugoslav military-industrial complex.

Vučurović had practically all components designed by his engineers according to his plans, without paying much attention to the costs as his goal was to produce the best multiple rocket system at the time.

New equipment was also purchased from the German company Leifield for processes of cylinder press rolling for the formation of rocket engine chambers at the Pretis plant.

Over 100 factories in the metal, chemical, automotive, telecommunications and electronics industries in Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia worked on the individual components of the KOL-15 and Orkan.

The testing of cluster munitions took place at Krivolak, where several villages and all livestock had to be evacuated beforehand as the sub-munitions would be dispersed over a wider area than previously planned.

Beside mentioned rocket systems (Vulkan, Plamen, Oganj, Orkan, VERA), Vučurović had other numerous project and scientific papers and task he worked on.