Indian Air Force tests ‘Type V Heavy Drop System’ developed at DRDO facility

The Indian Air Force announced Wednesday it tested the “Type V Heavy Drop System” from a cargo aircraft. The system developed at a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) facility in Agra can be used to drop arms, ammunition, and other equipment weighing up to 20 tons to inaccessible places/battlefields using parachutes.

The Type V Heavy Drop System can be used with the Boeing C-17, Lockheed Martin C-130 and other C-series aircraft, according to the Air Force. The system is made of eight main canopies, three extractor parachutes and one drogue parachute along with electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems and other latching accessories. The platform is made of a special Aluminium-based metal.

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The system was designed and developed at the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment in Agra. The testing was jointly conducted by the establishment, Armed Forces personnel and Airbornics Defence & Space Pvt. Ltd.

The system will reportedly be manufactured using “100 per cent indigenous resources” by Airbornics Defense and Space Pvt Ltd. With the test, preparations to induct the system into Indian Armed Forces’ workflow have been completed.