TSAMTO, February 10. Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation has received a patent for a "smart" transport parachute system that will allow cargo to be dropped in fully automatic mode with increased accuracy using the GLONASS or GPS system.
At the moment, the development is undergoing flight design tests.
The automated cargo delivery system includes an amphibious platform, a parachute with a controlled dome of the "wing" type, as well as equipment that provides automatic flight of the transport complex and its guidance. With the help of the system, loads weighing up to 250 kg can be dropped both in the guidance mode according to GLONASS or GPS coordinates, using a digital communication channel with ground control equipment, and in the "slave" mode. In this case, the cargo follows the "leading" parachutist.
"Today we have received a patent for a "smart" transport parachute system. It is designed for landing from a height of up to 8000 m thanks to GLONASS and GPS systems, under standard weather conditions, the CVO at landing will not exceed 100 m. In addition, we have obtained a patent for a universal parachute cargo harness, with the help of which, if necessary, the payload of any parachute system can be increased to 500 kg. This will significantly simplify the delivery of goods," said Oleg Yevtushenko, Executive Director of Rostec.
The automated parachute cargo delivery system and the universal parachute cargo harness were developed by the Ivanovo Parachute Plant "Flight".
"At the moment, our cargo system is undergoing flight design tests, it is planned that by the end of 2022 the prototype will be transferred for testing to the State Flight Test Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The universal parachute cargo harness is undergoing research tests, during which, among other things, the methods of its application on various types of aircraft in service with the Russian army will be determined," said Igor Nasenkov, General Director of Technodinamika JSC.
The message is posted in open access on the website of Rostec Group of Companies.
