Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to describe the design, development and drop testing of a 30,000 lb ballistic air delivery and soft landing system demonstrated under U.S. Army Contract W9124R-04-C-0113. The system described herein has the ability to accurately deliver 30,000 lbm of payload from high altitudes using a two-chute Ringslot drogue cluster, an onboard drogue release event sequencer and a six-chute 100 ft G-11 cargo chute cluster for final descent. The basic configuration and initial drop testing results are discussed. The 30,000 lbm ballistic air delivery and soft landing system has successfully completed one drop test at a payload weight of 27,500 lbm from 18,000 ft (MSL) and one drop test at a payload weight of 30,000 lbm from 24,500 ft (MSL).
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